The floor tile in our bathroom is bone and white mosaic tile,(wall tile and tub surround is basic builder 4 x 4's in "bone")  so I am trying to do a "bone and white" color scheme with a white vanity and adding white beadboard wainscoting and chair rail; I figure I would try to turn "dated" into "vintage beach cottage" style, ha, ha! 

If you're buying cheap houses, then you have to do a lot of your own leg work.  

He does not have the desire to get a HML and refinance and do all the leg work himself. 

It's hard enough to get one's sea legs in REI, and gurus are always ready to pick off the stragglers, so thanks for all you do.

@Chris Kasteler If you're experienced with construction, remodeling, and repairs you have a HUGE leg up for REI.

I recommend eventually replacing the photos that still have paint buckets or scaffold/ladder in them so it's cleaner.If room permits, I would rather have a table in the middle of the kitchen with four chairs instead of two chairs blocking the pantry.Looks like a great place to relax! 

If one want's a safer place to play in that arena I'd suggest to follow the Oracle of Omaha and look into the transportation leg of O&G, more volume = more transport = more revenue = more profits.  100% correct, but wasn't expecting someone on an REI forum to come at energy like this.

However, I'd like to get my real estate legs under me before I head down that path....but the information regarding ROBS might come in helpful if I head down that path.  

Or is fault with the idiot who made a table stand on 3 leg's?  

The Fed econic researchers and chairs are men who have algorithms to forsee the future.