He was a recently widowed hoarder of the worst kind BUT the home was a classic.

Perhaps the most classic beginner mistake we see in the biz is first-timers over-improving a rental property like crazy, putting in finishes that they'd like for their own home, “renovating" instead of rehabbing.

My brother is a classic real estate dreamer: last year he mortgaged himself to the hilt to move into a McMansion way out in the boonies and is now looking to rent out his starter home, slightly less farther out in the boonies.

There are a few classic threads out there on point-- like this one (with 284 replies!)

@Lawrence Taylor - That's classic definition of mortgage fraud.

What we did know was that we could out-work others, and if we had the capital to work with, we could build the foundation necessary to do so.Take the Classic Investing Approach and Flip It on Its HeadThe classic real estate investor newbie says, “I want to wholesale so I can make enough money to put a down payment on a house to flip.”

Her reply "I have relatives who live in far worse".It was a huge old home that must have been a classic in its heyday. 

Where Saved MoneyThe CabinetsWe used the base product line by Wolf called Wolf Classic.

That's the classic approach, we've all done it.

Currently I'm doing the classic “House Hack” if you will, with one property I own.