Dropping a 3 inch pipe down a 4 inch cleanout is an old trick .

I bought a 27 inch refurbished last year for $700, new about $1300-$1400.  

and @Jim Adrian you make a good point; it is an older home (1961) and we're looking at about 3 inches or so of insulation so far below the R-38 standard (which I believe is 13"?). 

Don't start making exceptions to the lease already (give an inch, they will take a mile...).Andy

There’s a foot of snow out there and 6 plus inches coming today so I don’t know if the full examination of the foundation will get done.I can throw away any dead mouse we get in a trap, I can put on some gloves, and man up.

The only thing I would be able to sell at the moment is a $100 speaker as well as a 50 inch TV, that’s all I have to my name, so I’d rather keep these things and maybe sell them in the near future when I have 10-15k saved up. 25k a year; that seems insane, but definitely not impossible.

Around 3 inches of it. 

Based on my interpretation on the information provided though I would recommend the fallowing:If you have just a knee wall (mini-wall) it could be removed to provide a few extra inches if that's all that's needed.

Phillip, if your market can tolerate it, I would heavily consider the 30 inch fridge and add a stackable washer and dryer.

The strategy of purchasing buy/hold properties and inching your way up into multi-families is awesome.