It is almost like an annoying kid but on the third "Why?"

While this can be an annoying situation, it's just a house.  

@Paul EwingWhat I find most annoying isn't the wholesaler, it's whoever was dishonest about buying it as an owner occupant.

That's right, the guy the sends you those annoying letters to replace your siding, asking who occupies the home etc..So the big difference between HO-2 and HO-3 is what we call the covered perils.  

My challenge now is to decide on building materials, because we want to do some experimentation in green building/net-zero building without annoying the permitting officials.

This would annoy them because part of their revenue stream is doing the repairs in-house. 

Probably the most annoying is calling what looks like an FSBO and getting a realtor who's trying to get buyer leads.As for search criteria, unfortunately I can't search for people with no equity.

If someone writes something that annoys me I'll try to just let it go.

Fortunately, while annoying to repair, the money saved at closing made it easy to budget for immediate repairs.

It's all about compromise when you can and when you can't compromise- negotiate who will do what and how.I was the one who did all the math and yes, it was annoying.