How does a detached garage impact appraised value?

As you mentioned, your cash flow is now impacted. 

My question is how do I address the positive impact paying the principal has.

HI Dakotah,Its sounds like  from what you've mentioned in your scenario that you wont have very much issues qualifying from an income perspective since you're saving 50%+ of your income and you live in West Hollywood that means your income is probably $$$ more than sufficient since West Hollywood is one of the most expensive areas in CA other than south bay, santa monica, La jolla, rancho santa fe, Newport beach and couple other areas in CA.To figure out how much impact this car will have on your ability to qualify you can use a general gauge that every $100 dollars of car payment will lower your ability to qualify by about 20,000 in loan amount in general.

USAA had two great features (1) online data entry allowed for plug and play changes to coverage terms and recalculation of the impact on the premiums (2) you can adjust the dwelling policy limit (within a range) rather than just getting stuck with some inflated cost estimator.  

Ideally, I signed on with the intent of working with current and future investors.As a hungry Realtor that is eager to make an impact in the Houston market, questions are: Is this situation I am in now something that is worth waiting out, or are these opportunities common for Realtors in Houston? 

I found an interesting discussion on related topics here: https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/20/topics/208...Based on the fact that I am still working on the house I live in now and I am working on repairs to a duplex I bought as a rental in the city, it could certainly take me a year or more to complete all the repairs / renovations required on this HUD property since I plan to do everything myself and I'm not a seasoned construction veteran.One thing to mention is I am planning to purchase using cash - no mortgage or financing, not sure if that has an impact on the conversation or not.Our first child was born about 2 months ago, so I'm not really sure what the future holds.  

If they park on a side street, enter through a side street, and don't actually see the busy road until they've already been in the home then it will lessen the impact. 

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I spoke to a Wholesaler in my area last night, and he said, "How you communicate with your potential seller over the phone will have a direct impact on whether or not you will be able to negotiate and close on that particular property in the future."