If you get up high enough in elevation you can avoid the 3" sized roaches and termites, so someone told me.

Under long term it's always been invest in real estate. 

These are brand new renovated units, I can choose between the sizes; Small, Medium & Large (3) depending on if I have just my wife, my whole family, friends ...etc.Instead of traditional long term renters for the other units that I'm not using I chose to go with short term, it's a great location and I love hosting guests but also being able to have access to each unit depending on how I'm feeling that week.

I bought it in January last year at auction for $3500 but it needed a lot of work and had severe termite damage.

I asked if we could pay for a full appraisal, because the house had gone from a mess of termites and siding that was falling off to a lovely property. 

Tenant saw some termites near fireplace and was worried.

I think that makes you are a great a person to share with others that leverage is a great way to get into the RE game, but if you want to grow and survive over the long term it needs to be tempered with some concern about risk and liquidity. 

I know what I have said in the past about Gold but watching it in the short term it just doesn’t want to stay down.The last sell off was just a pullback.

, If not make sure you have Ful home inspection, termite inspection, home appraisal, bank approval and whatever else kind of contingency you need in the contract before signing.

The first phase will be the structural repairs which consists of:Replacing the main girder beam due to termite damage.