What happens if that puts a strain on your relationship?

It sounds good on paper, but trust me, it is a sure way to strain a relationship and cause yourself a lot of headache.

I am not in a financial strain, but I have family members who are.

I don't think it's ever a good idea to put a possible strain on a business.

If their budget is strained by buying imported goods (and for now assume oil is also priced as an imported good) they will have less money to afford on housing.

If you are going to be using credit cards to buy the deal, and then credit cards to do the major rehabs necessary - I think everyone here is seeing that you will be tapping yourself out and the next major issue (car accident, health issue, etc) could really put a strain on you financially.In the end you have to be comfortable with the risks, but take the free advice you are getting from people with experience seriously.

Theoretically they're built much better since the "road travel" to the site is a bigger strain than anything "stick built" will face.However some banks/mortgage lenders avoid them like the plague.

I don't mind if a tenant works from home as long as that work does not create any strain whatsoever to maintenance of the property, or cause inconvenience, noise, and liability to anyone else.For example, buying and selling stuff, requiring UPS or FedEx multiple times a day for pick up, drop off, sometimes many packages on doorsteps; running a misery, conducting a yoga class, hair and nail, pet grooming, are all going to have frequent visitors that may park in neighbor's parking spaces, and you might be liable if a dog being groomed in unit C bit a baby being dropped off for baby sitting in unit B.  

The last 2 I bought were $49 each for double-pane, double-hung windows.

Then she found a cracked window pane 6" x 6" in the front door, that either needed to be replaced or silicone.