measured on a horizontal plane. if doing it manually( which it sounds like you want to try and do) you need to step down as you go, so if you measure out 10' horizontal you would bring that down plumb vertical then repeat the process for the 140'. this is the best image i could find right away for you;

Earn, save, invest, repeat. 

Do some research on contract for deed financing or BRRRR (Buy, Rehab, Rent, Refinance, and Repeat).

Yet there are also many investors, small and giant, who have repeated success with contractors they entrust their ventures with. 

The reason I ask is because when people refer to the crash in 2008, of course that was a nationwide epidemic even affecting parts of Canada.  

That's $14k you WON'T be able to use for any "Repeat"!

We have members from all metro counties.But 90% of our value of being a member is the Deal Makers google group which you where a member of I think so that isn't traffic affected.  

What you do inside of your IRA does not affect your personal taxes. 

They affect your DTI and credit score to boot.

It was just the slab on a pretty small footprint, but was still more than 10k Unless it's the deal of the century with a guaranteed massive return written by Zeus himself, I wouldn't repeat that experience.