I gave the tenants half off of their rent for the month of November, and they have paid their normal amount for December and January so far.

Individually getting conventional loans or FHA loans (this is a viable option for us as we live in a duplex that is half owned by my partner) and hoping that if we do decide to incorporate at some point in the future and hope that due on sale doesn't bite us in rear. 

Hello BP,The Navy is moving my family to Seattle for about a year and a half and we only have a few days to find a place to live.

We did a lot of the work on this house ourselves to get it sale ready but it was brutal, took longer than we expected to do everything and the end product wasn't as good on half of what we did because of time constraints. 

Way to jump in, half the battle in my opinion is getting into the game. 

It took me a year and a half before I even got an offer accepted on a property.

Either they are clueless (I’ve seen this) where they give a “price” but it’s an assignment where they don’t want you to see the contract.....sort of a stupid way of doing a half *** double close.  

A standard inspection should cost around $500-600, investor reports should be around half that cost.Make sure you only do inspections on something you’re serious about buying otherwise costs add up real quick.

They were on the same block, not 5.5 miles away.

In looking over the disclosures, it says there's a landfill 2.5 miles away (west of property) and wastewater treatment facility 3 miles away (northwest of property).