In hindsight, we allowed ourselves to put too much scope into the renovation, and cost overruns have caused our planned investment amount to balloon to 340k.

The custom housing market is very "hot" right now, thus creating more work for everyone including subs, which ultimately results in companies being spread thin causing labor shortages.

My Credit Score is 689 and rising, went through a divorce that caused some issues, but I don't have any more issues paying everything on time.My Current annual income from my Job is right at 50,000.00I am a single mom with a two year old and a five year oldMy living expenses are covered by the child support that I receive, and I live with my parents currently, so I don't have rent, utilities, or ungodly daycare.  

Can be really cliquy and if you aren't part of the "cool people" can cause you all kinds of problems.

Generally speaking, if the mortgage that caused the foreclosure was the 1st then it will extinguish any liens (including a 2nd mortgage) recorded after that one.

With restaurants the grease traps left in a space cause issues.

That fact alone has caused several of my acquaintances who are accidental landlords to swear that real estate is too hard, and a money loser.

Being a newbie, this could be a road block that could cause me to do NOTHING.What offer to pay a contractor to inspect an 13,000 sq ft property?

They caused more damage then I have for the security and did not give me 30 days notice before moving out.

Paying cash upfront would make anyone difficult to evict if they caused other problems such as illegal activity on the property.