As for what the house needs, it needs a new kitchen and appliances, remodel 2 bathrooms, new lighting throughout, new hard wood throughout, a lot of wall paper needs to come down and repaint entire interior, carpet the basement and reinstall new drop ceiling in basement, power wash house and refinish outside deck.

My in-laws had actually suggested I go into real estate as an agent, but in our old market (Burlington, Vermont), I was under the impression you needed to wear a power-suit & be pretty fake & that just didn't appeal to me.  

I imagine it needs to be quite a large area, but it might be interesting to see if panels on that structure could supply enough power for the rest of the property.One concern about renting it out separately from the rest of the property is accessibility.

Anyone who uses jumper cables to steal electricity should not be allowed anywhere near power tools or even a hammer and nails.

If you can do that in writing then more power to you.

But, I recently moved back to my home town, and I noticed more homes in my neighborhood are vacant, taxes are high, and the local power plant is planning on shutting down, worrying the locals about raising the taxes even more.  

@Rebeca Perfecto How do I put this nicely... the lender is a _____ (I will let you fill that in.)

But you may be the super motivated investor that just wants to go for it, so more power to you if that's the case! 

All these done together are powerful platforms. 

Instead they just wanted us to power wash walkways, and paint hallways instead!