That being said, I know that there would be demand for garage space, especially from car enthusiasts. 

The big secret with painters-- amazing spray guns!  

No upfront fees, 6-8 day close like clockwork, plenty of enthusiastic testimonials on the website at longhorninvestments.com.Caveat: only active in certain geographical areas (metro areas of 10 states)Do not pay for anything up front, other than the cost of an appraisal once the deal is vetted and moving forward.

@Nicholas Aiola, I feel like I'm watching Wonder Woman taking machine gun fire off her forearms. 

Of course our 2 Cows, several chickens and guns are protected as well 

All of your questions about how to minimize cost and maximize value are great, but you're kind of jumping the gun until you can confirm that there's actually a path forward on this.

I personally would not jump the gun until a year (or so) from now.   

The reason: The biggest elements of getting my wife’s enthusiastic mutual agreement is:A.

At this point, I knew we were going to be screwed as the listing agent was for sure going to be showing his other scheduled showings the following day on MLK Day (even though he said he wasn't going to and gave us his word).Monday comes around, and of course, the listing agent says they jumped the gun on accepting the offer, and wanted to see what else they could get as an offer.

Find a bad house in a good area, better than a bad area with guns and drugs.