There are alot of homes in some areas with them so you may be shooting yourself in the foot by staying away from them.

Using these methods, we still have gotten a ton of foot traffic at our rental open houses.

I am contemplating if finishing the basement in my 855 sq. foot house would be a worthwhile venture.

This just seems like the whole "give them an inch, they take a foot" cliche

Sounds high to me, I have 3 different painters that I use and they are all $.50 - $.90 per foot including paint.

Dodd-Frank does give very specific guidelines on ATR (Ability to Repay), so if you abide by those, there's not much of a legal footing for someone to stand on to say that you put them into a house they couldn't afford, and if you abide by the loan feature limits provided I see no footing that could say you've lend in a predatory manner.

@Terri Lewis Six 30 foot dumpsters for the main level (it's a ranch) and we are thinking 2 dumpsters for the basement.

Seems that I may be shooting myself in the foot if I borrow (using a heloc or home equity loan) for downpayment.

We found out about it when they asked us to build a six foot fence around the backyard so they could get the property approved for such a business.

Highly recommend the read especially for expanding your RE footing.