And hey, if I do a great job, I certainly wouldn’t be opposed to the investor throwing a few bucks my way.

I see comps are running about 100 bucks a sq ft and this is a 1500sq foot place so I was looking at pulling out 140K.

Someone who has invested themselves so knows the potential pitfalls of investment properties as well as where to get the most bang for your buck. 

All of this headache for 1500 bucks?

Given that it is considered an 'up and coming area', compared to the rest of Dallas, I feel like it is priced as a fully gentrified and mature area with low crime - which it is not.

Appears somebody bought it a few years back and renoed some units, hoping for a quick buck.

My sense is that adding a 3rd shower might be the best bang for our buck, but pics of a pretty new kitchen could also pull in some renters. 

Remember that when the midwest gets hit with floods or the South gets hammered with hurricanes, the insurers will be paying out big bucks. 

I give myself a break on this because 13 years of K-12 and a father with a PhD was a lot of brainwashing to get past alone in 4 years of college (which also offered up its own very large share of brainwashing, even to a humanities student).I can only imagine what he would have told me if I had explained I had put aside my summa cum laude degree and four full-ride offers for my own PhD and was working for maybe 10 bucks an hour to learn renovation carpentry.My hat's off the young people who are figuring the big societal lies out nowadays at a young age.

Unless contrary to any provided disclosure or guarantee, seller has every right to say no to your request, which they did to mine.So for a few hundred bucks I hired a structural engineer to evaluate the foundation, provide a report and scope for repairs.