I know it's exhilarating but also nerve racking.

However, I think it would be reasonable to expect a 10 year lifespan from some nice wooden blinds you got from Home Decorators.

It's exciting and it's one thing reading about it but now going through the motions is little nerve-racking but like you said having BP as a community of knowledge and experience makes me confident that even when things don't go as planned I have support.

One of the biggest wholesale lenders (read: works through mortgage brokers, not with consumers directly) in the country came out with a super sexy one time close construction loan just last week with only 5% down (interest only payments during construction, optional one-time rate float down at end of construction without having to re-close/qualify, and for the GC 1st draw is AT closing meaning no need for the GC to rack up another $100k in credit card debt -- like I said, super sexy)... but min FICO score (for now) is 700.

Our home was fully furnished and had other things such as brooms, 5 waste paper baskets, toaster, floor lamp, 4 table lamps, handing cap seat in shower which they removed and stole, towel rack in shower which they removed and stole, 5 very nice book cases and other things.I told the property manager at least 3 times no pets of any kind were allowed on the property or in our home.In the lease agreement it states they can indeed have pets with a $300 pet deposit.

-More wear and tear on the property, furniture, and furnishings (like towel rack, toilet paper roll holder, etc.)

As for the rehab, big rehabs can be exhausting and nerve-racking but it is always a numbers game.

Also, would you paint the wooden gables the same color as the stucco, or keep them different like they are now?

We might as well have it working in our favor,,,,,I take all the self help stuff with a grain of salt,,,I do visualizations and affirmations on a daily basis,,,,Heck ,why not,,,,the Good Lord didn't want us to use our heads as a "hat rack" right?

But some I am not sure about such as fixing a wooden ladder that goes up into the attic....