Both are really necessary to ascertain whether a property meets your expectations.Be sure to get a licensed independent home inspector not associated with the seller to do the inspection.

Your prorated rent for march should of been on the closing statement and your first month with you collecting rent will be april 1 look at your closing document carefully to ascertain if you got credited rent and deposits 

@Greg JungeFrom the tax side your CPA/EA will have to start tracing disbursements to ascertain the tax treatment of related interest.Also if you take a draw from the HELOC, and put in a checking/savings account for a month or number of months while you look for a deal, it's not business interest like most would think. 

Unless this is a HUD home, you need to ascertain whether the MH has been moved previously as this is very important for resale.

In summary you can expect some softness in the upper tier houses in SF and increases in prices for the short term for houses in some specific Bay Area locations.If I were in the market to buy a primary residence, where I plan to stay for the next 10 - 15 years and I have ascertained a location and my basic finances are in order, I would go ahead and buy.

There is definitely an average expense ratio that can be ascertained for "like kind" property.

(Costs obviously vary not only with type and size, but also with location - just like houses).If you are not able to install a fairly basic system or you have a more complicated system with problems, I strongly suggest getting input from more than one engineer with experience in designing these things (just like multiple opinions from different physicians).An engineer that is experienced in on-site wastewater system can ascertain a lot using the property address - pulling up aerial imagery, topography, and soils data.

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XXII.DEFAULT BY BUYER: In the event Buyer should fail to consummate the transaction contemplated herein for any reason, except default by Seller or the failure of Seller to satisfy any of the conditions to Buyer's obligations, as set forth herein, Seller shall be entitled to retain the earnest money deposit, such sum being agreed upon as liquidated damages for the failure of Buyer to perform the duties and obligations imposed upon it by the terms and provisions of this Agreement and because of the difficulty, inconvenience and uncertainty of ascertaining actual damages, and no other damages, rights or remedies shall in any case be collectible, enforceable or available to Seller other than as provided in this Section, and Seller agrees to accept and take said deposit as Seller's total damages and relief hereunder in such event.

DEFAULT BY BUYER: In the event Buyer should fail to consummate the transaction contemplated herein for any reason, except default by Seller or the failure of Seller to satisfy any of the conditions to Buyer's obligations, as set forth herein, Seller shall be entitled to retain the earnest money deposit, such sum being agreed upon as liquidated damages for the failure of Buyer to perform the duties and obligations imposed upon it by the terms and provisions of this Agreement and because of the difficulty, inconvenience and uncertainty of ascertaining actual damages, and no other damages, rights or remedies shall in any case be collectible, enforceable or available to Seller other than as provided in this Section, and Seller agrees to accept and take said deposit as Seller's total damages and relief hereunder in such event.