You may also get your local county health department to assist with your case - inspection, verification type support.

There are no specific "minimum requirements," aside from "don't commit fraud" and a human BS test.

I only needed the 203K monies to cover required "health & safety" issues.

Know/experienced a little (medium-risk) Finally, work on these pieces so you are able and willing to take action.All human endeavors are accomplished with...Definite plans (a clear plan from here to there) + Faith (knowing you can) + Emotion (feeling you can) + Action (taking action) = Achievement of anything

By the time you realized it, you have mastered all trades of real estate.We, as human, tend to take the path of least resistance.

What about charges that don't generate the same type/amount of tax deduction -- I pay my health insurance with a credit card, but I can't just take a Schedule A deduction of my insurance premiums. 

I wouldn't tell the listing agent this if she/he called me as the lender when vetting offers, but it'll come down to a human judgement call on the part of the underwriter, how well I package it and write a good cover letter, etc, and not be one of those "oh slam dunk no brainer of course it will be 100% fine" type things.

It's safe for humans and pets when dry.  

Anyways, our contractor was first going to tackle the water issues and then knock out every wall (which I would have requested anyways lol) as nearly every wall visibly had mold and I am highly allergic to mold.In fact, even though I suited up I'm now having to go see my eye and health doctors as my eyes weren't 100% corrected and now I'm having allergy issues due to doing just a quick walk-through.So while you may think it is a scam, people like me literally need to have the job done fully and at highest quality.

This is do to the algorithms they use and while I understand this form a business standpoint, human intervention and logic is sometimes needed to deliver the most accurate information.