brick ranch house, about 60 yrs old. original windows are steel with steel pans (attached with metal clips to the studs).Have been getting quotes from 6 contractors and the price is from $4500 to high of $5300. this includes cutting the steel pans off, building a wooden frame, foam insulation, alum trim outside, wooden sill inside and trim inside.contractors act like this is impossible job to handle and i think they bid too high.I priced basic American Crafstman windows at HD and it came out with LowE and Argon to $2400.they quote Excalibur windows and i know they are paying less than 2k.does $4600 seem like a good price?

The problem with using leverage over cash with the reasoning that your tenant will pay it off over 30yrs, is that your then missing like 30 freaking yrs of income that you would have recieved if the house was paid off. 

Let's say you got a house w/ newer 30 yr roof and you only plan on keeping it 10 yrs... you'd probably not need to replace it before you sell it.

I had a unit completely replaced 2 yrs ago for about $4k. 

I'm almost 25 yrs old.

And I've been doing research for over 1.5 yrs now!

Second guy owned his property for 20 yrs, and all these 20 yrs the same couple lived in there - they never complained about anything, so he never increased their rent ($400/mo) and never updated the property.

I've been doing for 18 yrs. 11 Certifications.Can maintain cleaning swimming pools and landscape too.

Old RE investor (30 yrs) and I read here posts withinterest and amusement.People here trying to convince RE investors to buytheir "deals" and make 50% on their "deals"I quess if investors are stupid enuf to fall for thisfine > a fool and his money is soon departedAny investor having cash knows the "goldenrule"He who has the Gold makes the rules.And yes I am really going to invest in a dealwhere the deal maker has less than 2-3 yearsin RE deals doing less than 10 deals.And also you just about fall all over foreclosuresanywhere you look now so why would I invest witha Novice I can trip over deals anywhere andeverywhere...........................I quess that is why investors operate by themselvesand make the good returns by themselves.Sharing is not part of the financial equation.SKI

I have 11 yrs previous residential real estate experience and also 3yrs in the down payment assistance industry.