If you want to remove the shed, you can probably get a mini excavator in there to just pull up the busted pieces since I see a control joint at the front of the driveway/carport area.

will we get better terms if we both apply as joint?

If you genuinely enjoy flipping then by all means, but I have to say at least in my market it seems like a hell of a lot of work and frustration for not a ton of payoff.  

There is a little action between semesters, and right before school starts.I also rent all my units jointly and severally to groups of friends.

Talk with potential investors and/or lenders to get genuine interest.

We could have done a Fannie/Freddie right away, but would have had to have made a joint purchase with our investor, and the bank would have required him to be on the deed.

Would it be more advantageous for a couple to get financing jointly or separately?

We invest jointly in two different llc's that are made up of with one being each of our solo 401ks oh, and the other made up of our three self-directed IRAs. as far as lenders go we have used nasb, who specializes in non-recourse loans and have been very happy.

That is genuinely horrible advice!

I know that is not Jennifer's business model, she genuinely wants to help people take action and grow their investment portfolio.