Cash is King.If you are handy, plan on building property equity with small projects when you can - update a bathroom or paining, landscaping...Only take on what you can handle, what absolutely needs doing, and things that add curb appeal.

. :) I absolutely love what I do and enjoy the thrill of learning so much throughout a day, taking on the challenges before me, and interacting with the most outstanding people and working the most interesting projects.

We developed this at our remodeling company over many many years and its how we estimate larger projects.

My contractor needs a 1/3 to start the project which I will pay when his guys show up and finish the day.

Fortunately real estate is everywhere and I have been able to do a couple of rehab projects here.

The Pastor is using her credit to qualify for the HML.My brother and I are finding the deals and managing the projects.

I would love to see her able to make use of a HELOC as an absolute last resort rather than ending up like alot of them living on credit cards until they end up so far in the hole they're doomed.The only problem here is that she's not very open to buying a rehab and I am not too well versed on finding financing for a rehab project.

Most of the time they provide this service fairly cheap because they bank on getting the design work once a project happens.

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Construction is the primary industry feeling the crunch here, although could get a boost from federal project money in 09.