Keeping construction costs down and design are two very important factors to making $ in the Portland market.

:) My 7 years to 7 figure wealth book is designed to help people understand the concept of "Hybrid Real Estate Investing" - the idea of trading up every few years.

As luck would have it, my Architectural practice has specialized in energy efficiency for over 30 years...and I have designed quite a bit using the materials mentioned in the house.  

We have found the best way to keep things running smoothly is to have a designated "Den Mother" in the house - in our case, my sister-n-law.4) You will be carrying all the utilities; as such, it is in your best interest to invest in programmable thermostats (with a lock-out limits on max and min temperature settings); low-flow fixtures and LED lighting.  

Paint it with a floor paint and then home depot sells a flake that you throw up and let land in the paint while the paint is still wet to give it some design and dimension.

When if first foreclosed it was listed at 80k, and it's been under contract two times each time dropping a couple grand.

Its too late to go back to the original layout plus this is way worth figuring out as it makes much more sense the way we currently have it designed.  

Every investor's situation is unique, and the mix of available capital of both qualified retirement and non-qualified types, employment type and income, investing expertise, age, and goals will be just a few of the factors that one would need to consider when designing a strategy.A fee based certified financial planner would be the best resource for making strategic decisions.  

If you don't design them yourselves, most printing companies have an in-house graphic designer who will do exactly what you want, and probably better than if you just ordered them offline. 

You then would specifically tell me what kind of shoes you wanted. 1 pair of 4" high heel shoes that had to be black and size 7 maybe a certain designer name brand that you expect.Go from room to room and write down everything that needs to be done.