If you capitalized those expenses to put it into service your basis is $415K (not counting depreciation).  

She devalued my old barn because it needs serious repairs and counted towards the usability of the house and she did the same for the pool that needs to be relined.  

That’s a big number for Terre Haute, in my opinionIf I wanted to be on the safe side, I’d do the sewer camera inspection.I wouldn’t count on getting much from the warranty.

Never again on either count.

Where you can have a team you can count on.I'm in Erie PA right between Cleveland , Pittsburgh and Buffalo if any one wants to connect I'm open to networking and working together.

If you buy a 2-4 unit and live in one unit, rental income can count toward qualifying. 

Given your unit count, I would suspect you're not needing him as a guarantor to get the deal done.

All of this info is predicated on what you want out of your investments, cash flow is tight statewide, so we've counted on appreciation for the last few years, which is down this year, but still well above the national average.

They have killed more deals for me than I can count.

So I wouldn't count on this factor.