For whatever it's worth (and I'm assuming next to nothing for many of those who have commented here), my undergraduate degree is in philosophy from the University of California, and my minors were French and German. 

Crazy.These were all great fun and many have a cool story.1 totalled, 1 in French auto museum, arrested in 1 of them, stopped for doing 150 + in another, 1 came by repo on loan, 1 from Kruse auction, 4 from Barrett-Jackson auction and Pantera from a lady in our neighborhood that had been stored for15 years!

(Excuse my French)

Could you put in french doors and have  a open space feel, but could be closed off and used as bedroom if that would bring in more income. .

Hey everyone, do you mind if I do switch the language to French?

Hello does anyone have experience with the real estate course "Link Options" by Keith and Shannon French.

The one picture showing the hallway inside the house is where I think the main beam crosses from point to point.My goals are to be able to move in, fix the water issues promptly with a deeper sump pump and french drain system, and then have the main beam and joints repaired.

We had some work that needed to be done on the property like a French drain to help with drainage issue and some optional work like new paint and some nicer doors that we felt we wanted to do as a family would probably be renting here and deserved a nice place to live.

(No gutters and no french drains.)

It has very much a New Orleans French Quarter look and is being remodeled to it's original style.