Ikea has lots of small accessories and items that make life at home much easier (hooks, storage solutions, organizing rooms and spaces, etc) I have personally never seem a house with those attributes but I think it can also be a niche

Leveraged real estate also has the nasty attribute (as MANY people are finding) that you may have to pay to get rid of a bad investment.

So where it says "Real Estate Chat" if it could update to say "Real Estate Chat (3)" and the 3 would be red or some other color that would stand out against the rest of the nav bar.

I am thankful for so many things: The people in my life who have helped me along the way, whether I knew that at the time or not;The events that gave pleasure, excitement, sorrow and solace, understanding and growth, and even love;Those seeming adversities, which made me stronger, which now enable me to get through this time;Those incidents that stand out as milestones over the years, that, if any one were missing, my life would not be the same.I’m asked at times if I could do it over what I would change.

You only have a $10k rehab (and yes you do need to spend that and maybe more to make this property stand out from the crowd) then you should be right on the money (ish) As for the taking her out to dinner, if she's really in a position to help you I'd take her to bed too :)

Good points Taz,I will freely admit that our lack of success in the market can be readily attributed to our lack of education/experience.

Easy money, mostly attributable to securitization, resulted in spectacular growth.

You can take a Schedule E expense for the the half attributed to the rental unit.

Do everything to make it stand out from the others in your neighborhood.

At one time, I kept default attributing it to my light case of ADD.