Under the Internal Revenue Code, repairs, renovations, and general maintenance of your personal residence are nondeductible personal expenditures""For work on a personal piece of real estate to have any tax value, it must add to the property's value or prolong its life.

Saw this article today, and it's a great sign of a thriving city; Minneapolis getting the fastest Internet speed in the world: http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2014/12/23/us-intern...

All of the schools on the Gwinnett side of stone mountain are in very rough shape academically speaking.  

Internal restraints may prevent a treatment like you would do.

Oh and after I obtain my License & whatnot, Soon I'll be seeking an Intern Position so that I can gain that hands-on/ one on one experience!

As an investor who was invited to participate in an international hospitality Project I can say without question it has been an eye opening experience. 

With a certain amount of internal control, (the banks and property management companies), market fluctuations were not as likely to occur and the housing market would maintain a steady increase for the investors and of course the banks.

I know of some successful wholesalers who thought outside of the box and exclusively worked with international buyers even with MLS listed properties.

@Ashley Mullin I believe they have internal team who does repairs since they do major rehabs and sell properties to investors.

Transportation is a major source of jobs here, FedEx, Trucking, Railroad, River Transportation are some of the major players as well as AutoZone and International Paper world HQ located here.