Plus Dad works and can apply extra to the rent.Rhode island has a 1st time home buyer program (maybe this will help): https://www.rihousing.com/buyers/If they found their own place even a 1 bedroom 1 bath since MR is so good with woodworking he could make some bunks at each end of a bedroom for all 8 kids with a couple of plastic boxes underneath for each kid and sleep in the living room with Mrs...

They don't have frat parties in Germany, China or Brazil with people drinking beer from red plastic cups on the front lawn of a 5000 SF frat house.

Plus I didn’t like it, it felt like walking on hard plastic.

If I felt a cold draft from a window, I covered it with the plastic film kit in the winter.

well... consider this.If your most beloved little daughter suddenly needs heart surgery.

@Matt ShieldsOh, how well do I know the stink that still haunts your dreams, Matt...Back in the days when I did basic property management and provided handyman services as a sideline for a friend in the business, a tenant once left 15 pounds in plastic-wrapped logs of frozen ground turkey in in a side-by-side fridge and freezer and moved out.

In your part of the country, there are quite often issues with the plasticity of the soils which will require much more substantial amounts of concrete for footer and foundations.

Crawlspace completely covered in water, couldn’t see past the opening without crawling inside as there was plastic hanging down, structural supports not properly installed, ductwork not attached to the HVAC system literally laying in the water, the roof is literally not even attached at one of the joists where it should be attached to the house, and wiring chewed through in the attic of the garageI feel those are items worth negotiating on right?

It's like learning brain surgery from a pediatrician.Wholesaling is NOT easy.

I had multiple serious surgeries during the first year.