Luckily I stayed in the car and they let me drive away.The problem with some of these C class areas are that you're going to get high vacancy, evictions, and high turn costs with tenants damaging the property. 

Quote from @Luke Carl: I would say it probably happens more often than not especially if housewife or househusband is doing that managing.

It just so happens that rather than buying a car and paying for a family vacation, the DIL is going to purchase an investment property 3 months after receiving her gift, albeit it from MIL. 

That may have been from a transaction you had along the way by writing a check or putting your account number for automatic bill paying.

Then, get off and walk home or take your car a shorter distance. 

'Don't buy your dream car to live in your budget house.

Think of it like going to a car dealer to purchase a new vehicle.

It is a 3 bed 1 bath located in Dallas, Wi. 2900 square feet, built in 1920, 1 car garage, and a beat down shed in back.The house definitely needs some love to up the value of home, but I have the knowledge to do 90% of the work myself for this flip. 

And for me, a guy that drives a car 20yrs old, this program cost 5x what my car costs to replace. 

Some states have an automatic reserve unless specifically stated there is no reserve.