Good luck, rooting for you!

I am in the Charlotte area and have roots in Boston.

Well for only $200 more you could have bought her a Red Convertible Porsche 911.$120k to a school.$7k to an insurance outfit.Hopefully she gets more  benefit out of this major purchase than the many others who have not.Just my 2 cents.

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I have this on my lease: "Tenant accepts the cost of clearing the drain of any and all stoppages within the property except those caused by defective plumbing, tree roots, or act of Nature or God."

With respect to that, don't forget that, generally speaking, you pay by the amount of sq ft but rent by the amount of bedrooms.Given that the market has been red hot, the risk is that you (wildly) overpay if you buy the wrong property.

My father was in the service too and planted his roots in South Florida as you are doing now when he transitioned out of military life.

It would definitely raise red flags if you did this multiple times.

Most having little to no other activity in the forum (red flag).

See any red flags, especially with today's interest rates.By the way....I'm in the fishing tackle and fishing guide world so this is a slam dunk from an operations standpoint.