Your unit size is microscopic, telling yourself "many are just like this" is only making excuses for yourself, small is small, and that's tiny. 

We are in a tiny town about 36 miles south of Coeur d'Alene Idaho.

Much is made about off-grid tiny homes.  

Sounds like you’re not wanting to DIY, and like I believe Gary said $13k seems off the chart, especially for a tiny little bathroom.

In very very tiny print said something about a credit booster but never not once said anything about what we needed to do on a credit booster but we could move forward in buying a house.

If my choice is to stop investing and keep working my W2 forever or keep investing and risk playing a tiny role in a larger societal problem, I'm going with the latter.

I have a opportunity to purchase a tiny home that a co-worker and I worked on.

A tiny % of people can avoid the hard work by getting creative or lucky, but most have to work hard, take action, and be patient. 

SW thats on the west/north side of the river is good, the tiny sliver of SW on the south/east side of the river not so much.The public housing in SW near the stadiums is an issue, and will likely remain so. 

The plan helps you break it down into tiny tiny steps so that is less overwhelming and also easier to get momentum going.