This could be different if you were renting a cabin in the mountings.

We:Refinished the kitchen cabinets with a modern gray, replaced hardwarePainted the kitchen and bathroomAdded vanity and new faucet in bathroom, replacing a wall-mounted porcelain sinkRefinished the bathtub and shower surroundThe resulting unit was better than anything else in this working class neighborhood, matching the quality of nearby slightly more expensive town center (mall, restaurants, etc.) neighborhoods. 

He even helped me hang and mount my tv! 

They absolutely can completely offset your utility bill depending on your usage and the roof space and orientation (or land space if ground mounted).NO HOA can prevent solar.

Mainly looked at old home or estates in this area which is on the west side of Mount Etna.  

We have one 2003 Fleetwood Doublewide home that is mounted on an FHA approved foundation.

Towns like Selma, Sanford, Rocky Mount, Nashville, Franklinton, Oxford, Creedmoore, and Louisburg are places where there is better potential for cashflow than in the Raleigh zip code market.

Between the Rocky Mount sub-group, the Raleigh REIA, and the BP meet-ups, we network almost weekly!

I hope I'm wrong because I'm rooting for you, but most seller's are going to balk at things you should have noticed during your initial walkthrough especially if you are asking for something big like the roof (which probably also visually has buckled shingles or other indicators that it's at or close to end of life)A credit at closing is the same as cash to you because it's money you don't have to put into the title company.You will ONLY get a cash return doing it yourself.Exposed Romex is $25 to replace with conduit and a surface mounted box if you do it yourself.

I walked into a glass sliding door which was cool and entered into a studio apartment basically. 40+ inch TV was mounted and swung out towards the bed which was super nice.