Hey There @Scott Bogue - First just a heads up - YOU ARE NOT ALONE & YOU WILL PERCEIVER!

As for use as "finished space", a basement can add SOME value but typically the head height may be lower, it doesn't have large windows etc.

So part of the 40k pays for that service and over head. 

While the other would always have strong rent potential potentially reaching into the $3k if it is heading toward CA prices, seeing how Californians are moving here in herds.

It’s so over my head now what they are asking me to do that probably won’t make a difference anyways.

A couple less than stellar reviews show that your reviews are real and not just all 5 stars.I personally head this off on checking day.

That drive will do you well heading into your future.

I am in a similar situation to you in that I am in a 100% commission sales job and the number of deductions and the whittling away of your effective tax rate is very powerful once you can wrap your head around the numbers and the big picture.

I got interested in real estate investing last year and since then have read several of the BP published books on real estate.I still have a lot of unanswered questions floating in my head but my goal is to buy my first property and some point next year. 

Am I able to raise the new lease by 262 and put the unit at the FMRAlso, can I find out a head of time if the housing authority will pay it ?