Go somewhere you actually like.for weather nothing beat California.. hands down..  20k will get you in a nice place in Lake co California  northern end of the famous wine country.. 2.5 hours to SF and Sacramento  1.5 hours to ocean..

Now I'm syndicating and developing wine grape vineyards.

If you ask someone who bought a house in most parts of Solano County (wedged between San Francisco/Oakland and wine country) back in 2006 how they're enjoying the appreciation, they'll probably give you a snide answer, since their home is just now barely back to what it was worth 15 years ago.

For the kitchen I added a dish cloth, two wine glasses, a bottle of non-alcoholic wine and a Ikea metal fruit basket.   

Originally posted by @Patrick Owens:This actually happened to my primary residence...My neighbor recently enclosed his back yard with a standard 6' wooden fence.

I know a G 4 would cost you north of 20k and hour to operate NOT 4k a month.. so after maybe a few glass's of wine I took him to task.. on this site and he never came back the Mods let me do it..

the only thing I bring to restaurants is wine and I pay corkage is asked.back in the early days of my working in Oregon no one new what corkage was.. ( it was common practice of course in the Napa valley were I lived).. so I would just tell the waiter HEY you open this bottle of cab for me I give you 5 bucks or 10 bucks.. well now restaurants want 40 bucks or 20 bucks for corkage.. its still OK when I bring in say a 150 dollar bottle of  and pay a 20 to 50 buck corkage its still a better deal than paying 450 for the same bottle although I know in some circles its frowned up on if the restaurant carries that exact bottle. so I always check their wine list and bring something they don't sell.. solves that one.  

Smaller windows, simple framing (like old wooden)... learn to measure, a 4 yr old can do it, check measurements 3 times, number windows.

@Robbie WynessGenerally, when a window company replaces your old windows and puts in new ones, they wrap the exterior wooden frame of the window using a siding bender and vinyl-covered aluminum trim coil.

The ones that can handle that type of deal are either syndicating it or in some other partnership.Think of Coach  John Wooden: “Be quick, but don’t hurry.”