Inspecting revealed a water leak from the second floor, above the garage, that shorted the light.

Floor is $900 and ceiling around $1,600.

This experience underscored the importance of vetting contractors thoroughly and having contingency plans in place.

These steps are learning, looking at the market, getting your money ready, picking your plan, getting a team, finding a place, checking it out, making an offer, and handling your investment.

If you plan to be more active and scrappy in your investing, there's always a way to make money.

You will probably need to call the city or  county planning and zoning office and meet with their administrator.

My question is why you’re buying it as a primary in the first place if you just are planning to move right back into your current primary?  

(And yes, I know the phrase “man plans and god laughs” but this is just some rough approximation for a place to start thinking about this.)

She or he is themselves an entrepreneur, perhaps their exit plan is to get the business up and running, and then sell it somewhere in that 5-10 year window. 

I do not feel as though the pet fee they paid means they don't have to keep floors clean, I needed to pay a professional carpet cleaner to try to remove the dog smell.