Attached to the home is a variety store which is not in business any longer - vacant.

Sometimes the improvements we are making to the building are not a tangible item the resident sees, such as new shingles, replacing the boiler/water heater, or fixing sewer lines.

Hi Jeffrey,15k to 20k for buying commercial long term it just isn't enough to get started.Legal fees, points, closing costs, due diligence alone will eat up most or not all of your funds.There are maybe some small mom and pop type stuff in little rural to suburban towns where you can buy a commercial property to get started maybe a small office building for sale for 100,000 sales price etc.Anything with a corp. tenant even for the dollar stores you are talking at the low end 700,000 purchase and 25% down.

@Josh JustinianoThere are a number of threads on this, one of the more recent which includes my favorites is here:http://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/432/topics/93106-top-multifamily-investing-booksIf you enter 'apartment books' in the search box at the top on the right of this page it will bring up about 130 additional items too.Good hunting-

Disposal of fluids can be done properly, it's when they aren't you can have an issue.Noise is another issue to be covered generally, so revving up an engine constantly (as if they think they know what they are doing as old hot roders did) can be a noise issue.My lease prevented the tenant from keeping any inoperable machinery on premises or parts thereof, which meant all vehicles, lawn mowers or any gadget had to be operable, vehicles had to be titled, licensed and insured.The outside had to be free of clutter, trash, salvage or personal property not designed specifically as lawn furniture or for outdoor cooking and such was to be stored from view from the street when not in use.Those types of covenants will take care of a vehicle on blocks or an engine sitting in the yard.I wouldn't say anything about some minor repair being made to a vehicle, where do you draw the line, changing a windshield wiper or adding fluids or pulling the transmission. so long as it's done in the day and operable, doesn't cause toxics to spill, doesn't produce unwanted annoying noises, isn't a safety issue, is kept clean and neat, what's the issue?

I will put down personal items that help me remember them or maybe rule them out.

Student debt cannot be wiped out in a bankruptcy and in fact is one of the number one items lawmakers are saying could push us back into a recession as the loan amounts are staggering.The student debt you rack up had to be weighed against job demand getting out and what the starting pay and chance for advancement is.

Couple returns from trip to discover their fully paid house has been mistakenly foreclosedMel and Harriet (last names withheld) from Coconut Creek, Florida returned home after a trip up to New York and saw something alarming – their locks had been changed, the power had been turned off, and items were missing.

Unfortunately rent to own also doesn't work within my religious beliefs (it includes two transactions, namely sale and rental, concerning one item at the same time and that isn't allowed either).

Not storing boxes, files, and personal personal stuff, but power tools, hurricane panels for the duplex, extra lumber, lawn mower, ladders etc...are those "personal" items or items that helps maintain the property and thus not personal?