A 6 inch gap sounds horrific!

Found BP by accident...this site is GREAT and full of valuble info.

However, insurance is limited because it only protects you from one type of liability: accidents/negligence.

On a side note I recently setup a umbrella policy to minimize my risk in the case of an accident or other potential issues. 

None of this happens by accident.

We started by accident- bought the cheapest SFH in our area that wasn't a TOTAL rehab (just a partial)- really it was all we could afford at the time and once we got it fixed up we thought, hey we could sell this and make some money.

We stumbled around for awhile with college, etc and then I found real estate by accident.

Born in the Philippines Island, grew up in Hawaii, and now living in the San Antonio, TX area which I claimed as the 10th Island - since it's very expensive to live in Hawaii where $719,000 is median home, I decided to bring the Hawaii culture here in SATX where $175K is the median home price.I became an accident landlord when a townhouse I cosigned when I was only 25-years old was about to foreclose on by American Savings Bank in Hawaii. 

I started with two flips (the first one was on accident, lol).

I had a bad car accident so i couldn't laborer and found ways to make a living from RE.No matter how small it is just do something every day that is RE related and you will always be ahead of the game.There are so many people out their that just look at me weirdly as soon as I start talking about RE lol They don't have a clue about what I am saying lolThanks and have a great day.