Starter homes used to be a relatively safe on-ramp to ownership, a place where you could live modestly while building equity. Today, you are more likely to inherit decades of neglect, then face repair ...

Kenosha, Wisconsin's Dave Miracle has been into cars since high school. Like many of us, he took time off to raise three kids—that is, until he discovered a bare-bones 1966 Chevelle that had laid ...