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Jeff Thies wrote:



I'm trying to figure out whether you were trying to be helpful or not.
Dropping 5K on a redwood deck for a rental house seems far from
pragmatic. Is that what you were thinking?

Jeff

I'm a landlord and a tenant. (I can't afford to own a house in the town
I live, but I own 2 1/2 rentals elsewhere.) So if I can put $30,000 into
my landlord's house over the course of several years, to make it nicer
for me to live in, then, uh, yeah, sure, I think I'm suggesting that you
consider putting money into a house you own that you're planning to rent
out. Not sure that a tiny little deck like the one you're considering
would cost 5k, though. Personally I hate concrete so much that I'd
rather have dirt, but that's just a personal preference. Pragmatic is
sometimes the decision point and sometimes not.