That will get you the proper coverage and you will know the correct costs from the start.Thanks, the home insurance thingy for a seasonal vacation home versus a rental is turning out to be quiet complicated.

I do know that lending can be complicated with a sponsor and a less experienced person on the deal, but I know a good lender to go through, so I am confident that it will be possible to overcome that obstacle.In addition, this is a relatively small deal.

I would also do what Tasha recommended by using Zillow or you can use the county assessors site to see what the area is selling for.

I'm a big proponent of using sites like homeadvisor, thumbtack, porch, etc to find contractors, but for the life of me I can't seem to find a decent contractor to do drywall finishing or stucco a project that we're completing. 

If you provice me with an email address I'll forward to her via the Upwork site and she'll reach out to you.And hope your home—and those close to you—survived the floods!

What i'm wondering is if it makes sense to try to negotiate the cost of DEMO against the value of the property - my plan is to sink a few thousand bucks and a few weeks of work into the house and live in it while working on the site plan and building out the second house for my parents. 

This form is a bit complicated and should not be attempted to tackle it on your own.

I’m very excited to learn from this site and network with others.

I’m very excited to learn from this site and network with others.

There are many others on this site who can answer that question much better than me, as I don't do nearly as much analytics as the full time investors here.4.