Real Brief - LI & NY's Real Estate Show! Home improvements! There are costs associated with them, do they make sense financially?

I can't tell you how often homeowners will go about spending money to improve elements of their property, looking for a positive cash return on the value of their home.<br /><br /> Few homeowners however, understand that improving your property does not guarantee a positive return! As a matter of fact most improvements will increase the value of your property between 25 cents and 50 cents to every dollar that you spend!<br /><br /> Why is this? How do you get around this? How do you determine for yourself the value increase? I have your answers right here!