While she had her tendencies I will not mention due to fair housing she was an amazing person in her final years as she would come in every Saturday to have coffee with me and discuss life, the New Orleans Saints, and basketball.

I’ve learned that hard work and dedication is the key to over coming any obstacle.

In my opinion, it's easy to get lost in all of the rosy stories of investors getting started and encountering no obstacles in becoming experienced investors.

Ive learned so much and have moved past so many obstacles with this deal.

Here is what the SEC chairman Jay Clayton stated recently in Senate testimony:"I expect the Commission to consider staff recommendations to amend the accredited investor definition in the near future, including whether the definition should include non-wealth-based ways for individuals to qualify, and more broadly, whether the limitations on who can invest in certain exempt offerings provide an appropriate level of investor protection or pose an undue obstacle to capital formation or investor access to investment opportunities."

OP-Study up on everything in here and read the millionare real estate investor.https://smile.amazon.com/Millionaire-Real-Estate-Investor/dp/0071446370/ref=sr_1_3?

But unless you are a licensed plumber I would not fix anything in her house that has to do with plumbing.

I really commend you on taking such leaps (twice) and being able to figure everything out with construction and handling the obstacles along the way.

My neighbor inherited a home that has been in her family for 50+ years, i.e. accumulated depreciation has been reached.

@Nadia Brouillette the problem with some of the appreciation numbers thrown in here is they are all based on the past.