@Robert Burns I'll let them prepay or buy down (however you want to look at it) the rent.

Well, your gc’s liability isn’t going to cover vandalism,theft, your liability or vandals burning your house down......

I’m trying to find more deals north of town because I’m so burned out with getting to Austin.

And they tend to burn out after a year or two and have to take a break for a year or two before trying it again.It's not as easy as people make it look.

A dwelling with lots of drywall holes will burn markedly faster than one without.  

@David Burns will do!

What if the house burns down six months into the lease.

You rarely hear from those who crashed and burned from REI.

I have also had a hell of a time getting some major work done on my Oakland house, so I am pretty wary of contractors and getting burned by shoddy work, and lengthy timelines and delays (I'd like to think I learned a thing or two, though!).

If one or both of the buildings burn down, will the city let you rebuild both buildings, or will you be limited in what you can put on there?