I also work one area with lots of houses with wooden footers right to the ground with no concrete perimeter or piers.

In order to fix the front porch, the contractors wanted to pour concrete to the base and used the neighbor's front porch as an angle point.

, hold meetings and do any other number of things to stay compliant.

Note too that any modification that would be done, the note will have the due on sale clause, so how you draft an option will need to be compliant in the lender's eyes, short term but renewable to make it work.

As Bill indicates, It would be helpful to see come concrete examples from Steven as to how this would work.

Also, spend some time to make a great ad as it's your first screening tool for tenants.I find newspaper ads too costly and it's difficult to make your property stand out in so few words.

A farmer bought it and turned it back into farm land after getting rid of the trailers and removing all the trees/concrete.

:1) Based off experiences with the type of SFR to invest; I'm thinking of moving my wife and I into a nicer suburb (housing ranges from 120k+, rents in the $1.2k-1.8k range) - but won't make the jump until I find something around 100-120k so I can rent it out in the future if I chose to move.If I did this, I would rent out my current townhome (purchased for $75k & built in 2003, rents for about 950-1100 in very desirable location in Jacksonville)...Option 2 would be based on trying to leverage more cashflow to help feed future investments:2) stay in my townhome, and drop 25% on a SFR around the 70-80k range that would rent for around $800-1k a month, but the homes in these areas would be ones built in the 1970s concrete block style.I feel like former option would best my investments for building wealth as I do not currently depend on real estate cash flow as a source of income.On the other hand it feels like having a starter investment that yields more cashflow would help seed future investments.Thoughts are always welcomed!

Karen, Ok, I did see some Refinish Countertop and Tub videos on youtube.I saw the tile countertop being resurfaced to a "concrete or chip" layer after sanding and priming.Will check local Builder warehouses ,overstock and craigslist for stove/dishwasher.Thanks, Rich C

There were three extremely broken down front steps going up to the porch- cracked concrete over block.