I am not a handy man – nor do I have a man handy.
If you have ever hired a contractor in your life to do some work in your home, you would know exactly what I mean when I say – I wish I knew how to fix that! It is hard for me now that I own a home, to take care of all the things that require maintenance. When I used to live in an apartment, I could just call the ‘super’ and be done with any troubles that may be in my apartment. This time, I have to either hire a contractor and pay a premium or learn to do it myself.
As an example – when I had my kitchen renovated, I didn’t know that putting up kitchen cabinets takes only a few screws and another person to hold the cabinets while you attach it to the wall? It has caused me more money with the labor used in my kitchen than the kitchen cabinets and appliances as well. If I had known that, I may have saved thousands of dollars.
Recently, we had a toilet leak that caused my water bill to surge to an ungodly amount. I was determined to find out the cause. It was due to a faulty floater in the toilet. I had been wanting to fix it for a while but I didn’t know how. I went online before I left for vacation and found the exact type and model of toilet that I had, I found out that there is an adjustable water level wire that I could adjust to accommodate the level of water in the tank for the bubbler to work. I tried it – - DONE in two minutes. I could have spent more bucks buying the complete set thinking that it was broken but ‘knowledge is power‘. Once you know it, you will always retain it.
My advice to my cousin that, buy resale homes to improve them and resell them – - learn to do the maintenance yourself. Investments can go farther if you do. You’lll never know – if you become successful at this, I may just have to jump in with you on your investments. 
So, do me a favor and before you do anything else, visit http://doityourself.com. DoitYourself.com is an open, free community with thousands of articles and over 100 active forums on several do-it-yourself home improvement topics. Let me know how you make out.
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