I'm sure others will chime in, who can dig a little deeper into the market MLS wise but look forward to seeing where you end up 

You'll have to dig a couple of spot footings.

Thanks for your response helped me to dig a little deeper into a few things. 

However, I can tell you there are more properties on the market and, at least here in Orlando, we are seeing sellers becoming more motivated, so keep looking and make your agent dig a littler deeper for you!

Why not buy a piece of land outside the city, for cheap, hand dig a septic, bore a well, and bring in electric, then drag the mobile home out there.

These are important:1. basement has water leaking into it in 2 areas. contractors tell me its coming from the footer and getting in. i dont quite believe it. i have 2 plans to figure this out. im going to dig a deep hole outside....about 2 inches wide...as deep as i can...and see the standing water is. ive also thought about getting someone to drill into my concrete blocks inside of my basement to see if water is setting in the blocks.

I think $140K 3/2's with 5-8% coc is pretty darn good, which is still out there in Houston, but one must dig, as you've said. 

@John Blackman It's probably going to come down to trying to pay the neighbor a sum less than what it will cost you to dig a new one.

The quickest way to install is to use J-Chanel as the top rail and dig a trench about 4-6 inches deep.  

cannot automatically be used to turn down a minority applicant.Seems like we now need to dig a little deeper - 'How long ago was the felony?'