What are the specs on doing something like that (interest rate, pmi, down-payment min.) I

It was also a great way to network and to have a mini mastermind sessions about whatever area of real estate that interests you. 

Emily,My wife was fielding all the calls and she always pointed out the positives. the home looks beautiful and i purposly installed mini blinds so that the visitors do not see the street while looking at the rooms. because it's older home ~60 yrs (common), there is drywall and plaster and it's amazingly quiet. so, they can't hear the noise at all.Jon,I have 5 more in that suburb and they all go from $1,000 (no basement) to $1275. i also looked at the comps before i purchased the home, and we noticed that the street where this house is located gets around $995-1100 per month because the schools are 10x better.the other side of the street gets up to $950, but has really bad schools.John K,I do not have a picture of the garage for that house.

My first property was in a less-than-optimal area and, although in Japan, this isn't nearly as bad as it is in the USA, it was still a lot of pains for a first deal and a steep learning curve.I'd advise against it, even if it means waiting a bit longer for the right deal to turn up in anywhere that's even slightly better than what you're describing - basically a mini-warzone, from the sounds of it...

Here in CO, "improvement location certificates", sort of a mini survey, are often required.

I have a mini-ap in the form of phone screening.

I prefer Lowes to Home Depot but that's mostly because Lowes treats me like a mini celebrity.  

Mechanical - you will have to decide if you want to add a unit (roof top, split, or mini split)...

Mini-splits would be a good choice here (no ducting required).Call an architect, they'll come out and look and give you ideas....

When doing the ADU, we wanted it to be a mini version of the main house.