Take all the risk you are willing to take.To help, Lowes and home depot sell leds in strips in lengths of I think 9" 14" 23"Good luck with the project and report back the results.

After finally finding a property I was comfortable with for a first investment, I bid on a house that was listed for 98K.

Hey my rehab may have been a little more than I expected to bite off..BUT...after 2 months of following the strict letter of CT LL-tenant law, I had my first eviction hearing today, and my tenants are now on their FINAL 5 day stay of execution.

Either will result in the full early dispursemnet of the IRA and result in the moneies taxed along with an additional 10% penalty.

You will get the best results (and will talk yourself into fewer problems) if you talk less and ask more questions.Good luck!

Hello, I wanted to take time out to finally introduce myself.

Finally she calls back and the realtor and myself began our journey to view the first property.

Has anyone ever seen the results of a title search?

noobdog1 says it all pretty well. there are plenty of shady practices going on in NYC brokerages... loopholes and such to fleece dollars from RE prospects, "application fees" should be closely examined before paying them. there are scams with "applications" that usually result to nothing other than just someone collecting your money.

Finally, the real estate strategy depends on your goal.