You also never have to get your hands/clothes/car/life/wallet dirty with renovation projects.Right up front, you have the civility and simplicity and predictable(ish) closing timing that comes with buying from a production builder, rather than trying to play musical chairs with other investors and the resale market.

Since we run a clothing business out of our house, moving and house hacking isn't a choice. 

Wiersema - are we actually talking about knob & tube or the the old cloth wrapped wires?

Honestly if you smoke you can’t smell how much it stinks up your home and clothes and everything.       

And putting down weed suppression cloth and mulch will help keep the area low maintenance.

I was good at graphic design, making websites, writing business plans, designing clothes, trying to finding properties to flip, but I sucked at network marketing until know.

Shelter is one of the basic necessities of life, and that is worth paying for just like food and clothing. 

You probably wont get any business from Electricians since they will stay at the swankiest hotels in town and will be in the spa getting manicures and having their work clothes cleaned and pressed when they are off work. 

In addition, it is my second home, so I keep clothes and some personal belongings there. 

Understood: not everyone is cut from that bolt of cloth.