I'll get back to you when I decide whether or not I want to go that route for this home.  

I think their logic was that a family with 12 people (parents and 10 boy children) would have difficulty finding a suitable house with say 6 bedrooms.In addition to the Federal guideline, some local ordinances address occupants both tenants and owners. 

I'm not an attorney,  but I believe you need to take out permits prior to doing the work.

I am going to assume, then it might make sense to go with a major player in the dst's.

Hey Ella, welcome to the Forums! 

The best way to be unbiased is to not be married to anyone.There are more current Norada posts here on BP.

Together we make about 120k-ish and as were doing this, were actively paying down our credit card debt which together is about 20k at the moment, just fyi.I feel like this is a solid plan, but I'm not too big headed to admit that I don't know everything.

Some things were done well and others were horrible and needed to be redone.

How did you find this deal and how did you negotiate it?

tough spot-there are organizations he can reach out to for financial assistance.