Hello to all that took that time to read this post, I’m a 22 year old husband to a wonderful wife and father of a beautiful baby girl and Im joining the United States Air Force to work on airplanes, but I’ve wanted to do real estate since I was in my early teens.

I lost a couple hundred bucks on a shotty carpenter, and had to fix small little plumbing jobs here and there, but nothing that cost me so much that it immensely impacted the deal.

And your DTI is impacted by the 2nd lien you've maxed out to purchase real estate...it's not a really sustainable scenario. 

We are going to purchase some locally in the Nashville area and have our labor force with the GC come down and install them.

:In PA, and in other states, auctions can mean different things.There are private auctions where I just choose to sell my home in an auction scenario (I actually think this is pretty common in Australia - maybe someone from Oz and chime in on that).Auctions can also refer to the compelled or forced sale of a property by the State/County for various reasons.I assume you are asking about the 2 most common forced sales - foreclosures (failure to pay your mortgage, bank sues and the Sherriff sells your home to satisfy the bank) and tax sales (failure to pay your taxes and the State/County sells your home to satisfy your tax bill).I have not participated in the PA foreclosure and tax sale business in 20 years, so things may have changed, but if someone here is more up to date maybe they can correct my answer with new info.Both types of sales have their own areas of risk that you need to educate yourself on.Value is a top issue - you need to know how much the home is really worth before you get into any of the below. 

I assume that is why the changes did not impact the bottom line....

Your lender upon refi'ng will force another appraisal.

I don't think the parents want their credit impacted b/c of a few months rent.

Primary residence portion - Because you're forced to move for a job transfer you'll be able to take a prorated amount of the gain tax free. 

@Eileen D.I totally agree with the above post and wanted to add that showing a home with tenants requires a 24 hour notice, which can significantly impact whether a realtor will take their clients to see it.