Hi Kim, I understand your hesitation, although I don't believe a repair with the pool would be something that could spiral out of control too much.

Maybe growing up with a single mom in apartments my whole life until about 15 then i hit the state group home in California, then army , Iraq 2006 and 2009 , spiraled out of control for about 8  years , found the VA (not the loan but the hospital) and a decade later here I am haha .

It is not impossible but your costs can spiral very quickly before you even start building.Sorry to sound so negative but this has 100% been my experience.

If and when interest rates go up and property values (and tax revenues) spiral down, I think Bay Area real estate investments (and governance) will become very unattractive for at least a few years.

Multi family, office, hotel, and many commercial loan sectors are in a spiral downward. 

Can get in a tough spiral that can ruin an otherwise good deal

Until that roofing bill land's, boiler bill land's, lot repaving bill land's, and/or rent's spiral downward as the tenancy declasses from condition/operational neglect.  

That all kind of spiraled into working with wholesalers, creating an site to help wholesalers move their assignments, etc.

Combined with the spiraling national debt this spells a tough road for new homebuyers......

Communication made this spiral.