Be careful about expenses too. "Fixer upers" can end up being way more expensive than you think. For example, we wanted to replace the laminate counter tops in the kitchen of the new house we just bought and put granite or some other "hard" type surface. I have a very small kitchen counter space wise and it would've cost us nearly 7,000 bones! So unless you have a lot of time to fix it up or if you want to do it faster think about all the costs... just my .02...