In order to avoid questions from the tenants, I was upfront and told them that the current furnace is expensive to run because it is inadequately sized for the house (I didn't mention details about lack of a heat pump) and we made the decision to change it out for a gas one ASAP, which will go to their benefit, and all we need from them is to add gas service.

Anyway, here I am many years later, a senior myself at 71, and living in Redding, CA, and thinking of doing a senior project. 

It the equivilant of a very light sanding, then poly and looks good as new.

New construction might be more of a challenge.

That said, you will need to make sure the property meets the definition of rural first.

I see two that sold there in last 6 months - one was a 2 bed, 2,500 sq ft cabin that sold for 885k last week.

I had no exposure to this group but recently heard one of their principals on this podcast.

If I were in your position, I would buy a duplex that has potential for value add, fix it up, live in one unit and rent out the other unit as a medium term rental or long term rental.

[Topic of a future post]Why?

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