How about the cost conscious? What if you have almost nothing to start with and almost zero $$$ to spend?
I started with a $3,500 a month mortgage and almost $8,000 a year in property taxes. No, there's no goldmine under the house, and there CERTAINLY wasn't any curb appeal!
I had no money to really do what I wanted and most of the "bones" of the original errr..landscaping, were terribly diseased or overgrown. Here is a before photo of my house from last October when we moved in...
