And don’t sleep on local banks or credit unions—they sometimes offer flexible portfolio loans that could work for a deal like this.Since your wife qualifies as a first-time homebuyer, check out any state-specific programs or HUD options for down payment assistance.

Many Airbnb guests will want common utilities unless it is in a remote are where you go as a sot to sleep while hiking the area. 

You'll sleep better.

But the places we all encounter that could only have a wheelchair ramp put in that intrudes into the public sidewalk (which neither the landlord nor the tenant owns, and now the sidewalk may not be sufficiently wide or accessible for a wheelchair), or that would require tearing down the storefront's façade (envision a storefront right up against the sidewalk), are grandfathered in. 

Most people don't know how to use a wood burning fireplace correctly - operating the damper, not closing the damper until the fire is completely out, going to sleep with the fire or coals still burning. 

Especially in the winter in heated apartments if they can see a warm place to sleep they are going inside.

Hey @Jonathan Baptiste, so we are a bit different than some.We have a large house that can sleep 12 comfortably and we provide a lot of stuff.

I was a terrible negotiator, but I figured, anything under or at asking would be sufficient.

I was a terrible negotiator, but I figured, anything under or at asking would be sufficient.

Along with not having sufficient funds to operate their real estate they fail to consider what happens when the property must be refinanced.