Don't step over a dime and get legal advice on this forum, seek competent legal counsel so you don't dig a hole you can't get out of.    

I've always been interested in investing, but it has only been recently that I have really started digging into the potential of owning property.

I did some digging last week in BP's forum history and found this discussion- https://www.biggerpockets.com/topics/165076

But something doesn't seem right here, dig into that a little deeper and mostly on the zoning and insurability fronts. 

Thanks again, will def dig more into this and see what its all about.

do you digging better due diligence

It has really affected the non-career choices I make such as buying a home, starting a family, traveling...Becoming financially independent is really difficult when you have a bigger hole to dig yourself out of first.

You won’t make mistakes because you have time to discover those potential disasters during your attorney review phase and by also putting in contingencies to allow you to dig deeper.  

Does she have enough of a standard deposit to cover replacing all the floors, doors and trim in the house if the dogs have separation anxiety and dig at the windows and doors when they're left alone or the claw marks all over the floors?

But, for those two houses, based on performance (which we have an upcoming 'retro' to dig into the numbers more) we should be increasing our equity position (basically wealth) by somewhere in the $70k-130k range.