I saw the red flags (more like yellow flags as they are by no means nightmare tenants) but was eager to get a lease signed and move on, and they were a bit pushy in wanting to quickly secure the lease.I'm thinking I'll go ahead and pay for the yard care, let them mail their rent checks from now on, and possibly ask my wife to handle any further personal contact that is needed.

FHA can fall through because of so much red tape.

It has a lot of the same charm as Kenwood (red brick streets, etc), but is several years behind Kenwood in terms of value (and potential). 

What is the square footage?

To be honest, my San Diego property is red.  

You can get your GC license but I believe that doing so will raise some red flags with the FHA.

Too many red flags for my liking.  

I am aware of the moving exception but my first FHA was in 2005, moved in 2007, bought current primary with conventional and now looking to buy multi unit with FHA, my lender said he wasn't sure I fit squarely within the exception.

You can figure the materials are a couple of hundred dollars per window, plus the labor to install them.As far as the roof, 400 square feet is about the size of a small garage. $8,000 seems high to me, but A) I don't know the entire scope, B) I don't know what was agreed to before hand, and C) as a former boss of mine used to say, you can't put the s*** back in the horse.

We bought a 2-family in Somerville equidistant from both Davis and Porter squares.