I agreed to pay for the renovation with no interest credit cards.

It was like paying for multiple Master's degrees to get our "real world" experience.  

As Sean above alluded to- never pay a seller for your future hard work, risk and stress. 

.🔹 Insurance Challenges – Even when insurance pays, it rarely covers the actual cost to completely rebuild.

Now, you need to figure out how to find deals and pay for them.

If it is less than 30 days, the owner can kick someone out for failing to pay or obey the rules.

Meanwhile, bank money market paying 7.5%. 

Look at what high interest credit cards you can get rid of, pay down, or move to zero interest promotion cards for say 15 months etc.

You can have a mansion fronting the Mediterranean, but if you pay too much for it, you're done.

But don't let them know it.It amazes me how many of our members at MassRealEstate dot net have an Asset worth $300-500k Rent it for .5-1% of value and hardly pay attention to it, yet chase a tenth of a percent in CD rates;-)