Then I said; "let's go to Sears and you can buy paint and material" Needless to say I grossly overestimated how much paint the house needed, stocked up on new drop clothes and some roller covers brushes and other stuff that doesn't go bad!

But if you're trying a new contractor, it's human nature and expected that they'll want and require some good faith money up front, or after their first day of work onsite.Never pay more than 30% or 33% upfront, and that is ONLY if they have to pay for a lot of stock out of their pockets.

There is a roof garden on the second floor behind the apartment...I have a landscape designer to build and maintain that for readings and events!

Either entity is easy and cheap to set up, but I would advise either reading up on the requirements or consult an attorney on how to maintain the corporate veil.

Your grandmother for instance can 'give' you (or Ricardo) $70k and I doubt there'd be any problem running afoul to the conventional - or private - rules.GSE = Ghana Stock Exchange?

While price is important, if you don't have the cash to fix and maintain this property, nothing matters.

Look up "adverse possession" and "abandonment of real property" issues in your state.However, I'd say it will effect marketability, I probably wouldn't buy it if I couldn't maintain the side of my house.

I just take huge risks, apparently.Now I've found lots of alternative CPC sources that aren't as ridiculous as Facebook/Google (as an aside, 99% of what you see running on these sites is material that they would ban, except they are being "cloaked" by affiliates...basically the ad revenue that sustains these massive companies comes entirely from people whose ads they explicitly ban..something you might want to know if you own any stock in them).

The housing stock is old (1880 - 1930) -- but I like to rehab, and the houses were originally well built and elegant with lots of architectural charm (appealing to renters/buyers.)How about you, Jerry and David?

I do my own leasing and screen tenants.Unlike stocks, a tenant's past performance is a guarantee of future results.