When I owned properties in Houston and Atlanta it seemed that I was always replacing: roofs, siding, wooden windows and dealing with landscaping issues.

After finishing the work and thinking that everything is fine I did a bad job with the shingles installation and with the first rains I was mopping the floors and having buckets around the house to not mess my wooden floor.

IE  Garbage, Wine industry, Court reporting and   all sorts of niche's that don't look glamorous,  Or the high flyers in the TECH industry who many by the time they are mid 30S are rich by anyone standards.For Real estate specific... everyone measures their success differently. .you see this on BP.. some will say once I get to 5k a month positive I can retire.. the other number which seems to be pretty universal is 10k a month..

I looked at various carpets and wooden flooring options but just couldn't bear to add more money to the house.

Soffit damage due to woodpeckers to be repaired. 14008: Install beams to prevent further movement, and seal basement 14012: Replace wooden beam due to termite damage (located overhead, by stairs).

Thursday city hall meeting had 167-6 resident participants voting agains the closures, people are arguing with cops on the beach (myself included as I was playing law ball while reading a book and sipping wine behind the dune line yesterday).