That way you don't waste yours and the other contractors time.

I tend to think a lot of the "soft" master's programs are a waste of effort and money.

If not, then the HELOC solution would seem to be a no-brainer.You have all that equity - currently WASTED!

So confused like everyone else here, I can understand it having cost attached to fix,but if it is the joists that have been cut for some strange reason and they are now not carrying there specified load onto the bearers, you should be able to laminate new joists along side of said cut joists ie: nailing new timber to carry the load to the bearers and picking up the load.

Your goal as a landlord is to have it rented, so why waste your money on a lawyer, focus on getting it rented and putting a more stable situation in there.One of my favorite quotes..

Even the large tool boxes BIN things are stole,, they are loaded up and removed,, I had a worker bee live in a house when we got to the point of to much to loose..

Kind of a sweet spot; lending is still conventional and not a big load to manage the other three doors, seeing  you're going OO.

I will however say that in places like CA the work is more front loaded as described above and get easier as time goes on, which is why sooo many newbs seek the "easy way out" out of state, but in contrast, out of state the work and struggles tend to be back loaded after you buy.

We brought in a truck load of dirt to increase the height of the land and the surveyor sent a  LOMA application to FEMA.

More like $40.Portland bills around 1.5 cents a gallon coming in, then 3 times that as "waste water" going out.