@John FiastroGo with the hardwoods it will reduce your ongoing costs.We do a light buff and then put several poly coats to seal the floors against liquids (beer, urine, juice etc.)Another great product is vinyl allure flooring.

Now, because you choose to avail yourself to conforming loan products and their lower rates you can't sit belly to belly with your banker and change terms on the fly.

Plumbers say it has been a long standing issue based on their assessment - there is a very large belly in the plumbing and two separate plumbers say there is no way (in their opinion), that the prior owners could not have known/had issues before.This was not disclosed.

Our goal is to mitigate risk as much as possible...... if you push the boundaries is the juice worth the squeeze?

@Brian Armstrong There is no secret juice or pill you can swallow, no one can predict an outcome, you just have to keep sending mail and dont stop.

Originally posted by @James Bell: I wouldn't worry either.

If your strategy is BRRR  then you just add that cost him just like you would a repair or carrying cost (like utilities) and then figure out if the juice is worth the squeeze. 

Needless to say the bottles on the floor aren’t filled with apple juice (I apologize for the vivid imagery).Open your eyes: this is my (and many RE professionals) realty.

The juice is worth the squeeze in the end.

Rent-by-the-room or medium term rentals can juice your rent numbers.