Maybe by the fall you will bite the bullet and pay someone real money to get in there and do what needs to be done, and they'll finish somewhere around November (because they'll have the demo the hack work the other contractors did).

A - id love to live here B- this is where people like me live C- id only live here if I had to D- Good thing I got this bullet proof vest

Branch manager insisted, and trained every cashier on a few quick bullet point factoids about homeownership to mention when customers were in the bank doing routine banking stuff.On top of that, the branch manager put a big giant 25 foot sign outside the branch declaring that "We Specialize in Helping First Time Homebuyers!"

Even younger buyers want energy efficiency, open floor plans and a true master suite.

We ran out of cash and energy at the end of this.

And some realistic sense for how much work/time/energy this is for you.An good agent can tour the property and produce a written CMA - takes me about half a day, to do both things well and not just shoot from the hip.

You are probably better off buying something turn key or rent ready which you don't have to put a lot of time and energy in.

Again, you must get involved, and that will take time and energy on your part.

Do you want to spend the time, energy, resources and take on the risk of trying to pull that off?

If he leaves you dodged a bullet, if he stays it is a unknown until time passes.