I’m looking for fixer uppers that can be rehabbed into affordable rentals, vacation rentals, sober-living, multi-family.

Dad explained to me that when Mom’s paychecks added up to enough money for a down payment on a house, they cashed them. They did that three times in five years.

You know those fun online quizzes from Facebook and other social media? “Which Star Wars character are you?” or “How many National Parks have you been to?” These quizzes are actually data mining, finding out information about you that can lead to finding other information about you, like your mother’s maiden name, for example. Just don’t do them, as tempting as they are.

There are many reasons why someone would want to sell their home “as-is” to an investor, instead of listing with a real estate agent.