The need help with some repairs including electrical, hvac, plumbing, and other cosmetic repairs like paint, dry wall, and laminate floor board replacements.

Depends on factors but a basic response would be, would you still have a decent amount of cash reserved or would be a big down payment leave your account pretty dried out?

If there was a dry cleaner operating there in the past, for example, you could be on the hook for environmental stuff, to give one quick example.#3: Definitely expect insurance to keep climbing, especially for Tampa.

It’s run by a political machine that is bleeding it dry.

"wets" likes water, storm, sewer, and "dries/dry" like gas, electric, etc.

If you haven't caught up, here's the tl;dr - I acquired a bunch of properties last year with a turn key company called Own It Detroit.

It's not as cut and dried as some people think. ;-)As @Chris Seveney: says, "keep the house and restructure the debt" I've done that for people too.

Easement by necessity is state to state each has their own rules and its not cut and dry as I have found out over the years.. but I will let Peter answer  he is the expert.

You will exponentially increase your dry powder.

Also they need to dry that area if it keeps growing mold.