Well let's think about this:(all cost numbers)Five sheets of (let's say) T-111 and one-to-grow-on = $210.Six sheets of something nice = $1000.16 labor hours = $400. to $800.Misc. materials = $50.So quoted price excluding paint: $1200. to $3000.Painting an 1100 foot house properly = at least $2000.I would be questioning that $1400. number too - wondering what they were going to cheat me out of in their effort to turn a profit.

Also, I put in a lot of time and effort to make this deal possible.

Its consistent with the long range plan, and I believe the city would actually support such an effort.

"The good news is that you have all of the tools to make it happen, it just takes time." and to add - Effort, education, and determination.

It wasn't long until the pig was going on the porch again... seemed too much effort for it to go down the ramp and she simply would open the door and let it do it's thing wherever w/o prompting it to go where it was supposed to.

That is a great question...You have your goal now you need an investment technique, plan of action and exit strategy.First:You have a great goal but based on the money you have to invest it is going to be tough to meet your goal so you are going to need an investment technique that will allow you to invest without using capital and due to the current market you will also need to use an investment technique that also will not require use of credit (investment properties need a lot of money down in this current market so credit is useless without the capital).Second:How much time and effort can you put into investing to reach your goal?

If the past clients were satisfied with his/her effort, then you probably will too.

I appreciate your time and effort to respond.Bill

However, Global Property Guide is a pretty good place to research other countries.

This grossly distorts the true returns.What portion of overall "project yields" can be attributed to this accounting of effort or time instead of an accounting of how hard the capital is working in your estimation?