The house has been trashed, so I imagine it has negative equity and is not even worth the $54,000 that is the remaining balance.

I can't imagine ours going through such trama.

For example, when I compared it to:http://www.incomepropertiesportfolio.com/ari-prope...I see Ari Properties didn't include depreciation as a line item in their expenses.I could imagine that a huge company like Equity Residential could negotiate much better bargains with contractors and materials than I could as an individual, so their 36% operating expenses excluding depreciation seems to be in the right ballpark, in my mind.I also took a quick look at AvalonBay Communities.

I imagine there are good opportunities there with the right strategy.

We're all going to die sometime...if great things can come from my death, I can't imagine any better way to die?

Without credit I would imagine your down payment would be much larger then 20% down.

I've seen so many great designs from people on this site but I can't imagine you guys actually wrote and designed the entire project.

Imagine my drive past... 33 blank ave, 36 blank ave, 42 blank ave... wait where's 38 and 40???

I can't imagine it would near that much for simply replacing a door.What you will likely end up with is an as built detail drawing of the door and framing and the framing detail for replacing the hole.

I actually think that is a great idea and may be what I do as well because currently I live in a great luxury apartment at a great price and I couldn't imagine downgrading my living conditions to pay on a mortgage that is more than my rent.Charles, I will have to disagree with you on the conclusions you came up with.