He wants to stay.Its 107 year old house (2/1 + 1/1 side unit) on .5 acreSo what I did:Called my bro-in-law who owns his own pest control biz and lined him up to take care of termites for meAs FHA loans would not close due to termites I watched DOM tick up-up-up-and up.Now kids are back to school and people are settling in for the cold harsh brutal California weather we are famous for. lolI then made an offer at 175K, cash, & caretaker gets to stay at current rent.

Not to be too harsh, but literally none of this is correct.

One other thing - seems like some of the northern areas with harsh weather extremes must have to deal with extra maintenace issues.

I recommend looking out of state.Ok maybe that sounded harsh.

However, it does seem pretty harsh.

when I took short cuts early in my career (ohhh the 20's), I was dealt some harsh lessons.

I work full time as a chemical engineer and have become very interested in real estate.

That's a pretty harsh word for any tenant.

Debt service is $27,253.87 per month.But I do apologize for being harsh earlier I did not mean to misrepresent myself or what I am trying to accomplish on here, But @Derek Carroll they were not offering help they were being rude and mocking my first project with snide remarks.. hardly helpful if you ask me.

They were manufacturing it in the garage with oxygen and acetylene tanks and dozens of other flammable chemicals.