One's practically in the bag with $0 out of pocket, the other I will probably have to come up with some good option money but it still can happen.

Literally every other house has a giant plastic cylinder in their front yard. 

I wonder if there has to be a surveyed demarcation on the contract or if a lawyer can draw something up that says "half of the existing lot" or something similar and then you get a new property line surveyed.I don't want to get left holding the bag on surveyor fees if the current landowner changes his mind before a contract is in place.

I think that if you can do both, even if it is one rental for some steady income and then buying & flipping if that is your bag is best.  

Melamine-coated MDF are very popular cabinets in a lot of areas, and can be expensive, despite the fact that they're sawdust inside of plastic.

And because I'm looking at places that need work, estimating rehab costs and ARV is a whole bag of worms that I don't have the experience to estimate well, so I don't believe my analyses of deals is too entirely accurate.

And is common after we file eviction they just pack their bags and leave.

We are all a mix bag of nuts and everyone has different sensors. 

From my experience, the low end properties is a mixed bag.  

To be safe with anything except a fairly new house, you’d really need to excavate around the house, parge the outside of the foundation with an asphalt/tar product, install a dimpled plastic membrane over that, and then on the inside, fastidiously install rigid foam on the floor and walls, spray foam/tape all seams, etc… Then frame, then drywall.Seems ungodly expensive.