My second house was under contract before it was even listed, but the combination of my GC disappearing and having to restart the permitting process for the carport in March right at the start of Corona lock downs dragged that out and eventually feel out of contract.

If leveraging equity feels too risky, you might consider using a portion of the equity to fund your next property while keeping reserves intact.

I'd been working and saving for many years, however, did not feel it was enough.

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So I am looking forward to seeing a consolidation in viewership and would like to see a lot of traffic pushed back to YouTube.How do you feel about this?

This included modernizing the kitchen with high-end appliances, upgrading bathrooms with spa-like features, and adding hardwood floors for a luxury feel Lessons learned?

How do you think the 2 relatives will feel about having their rent raised or being required to pay rent period?

(I personally prefer $2M/year and I think that cash flow is plenty enough to cover any mortgage risk along the way, but there's no doubt some people would feel more comfortable sticking to the $24,000/year and that's totally cool too!)

I feel where you are coming from.  

Just about everywhere in the US uses some version of IRC for its base code and then makes some changes to that as they feel necessary for their locality.