On 3/1/2011 9:56 PM, Smitty Two wrote:
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Jeff 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,

I'm confused here. You built a very nice deck at a house you are
renting? Or one for your tenants?

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.

I just don't have that much, and the house is rented out now. All I wish
to do is increase the comfort factor. A patio, any patio, is nicer than
setting up chairs in dirt. YMMV.

Jeff