I spend most of my time as an Active Duty Pilot, but when I have free time, I have been looking for any suitable properties to start out with and any community functions with like minded individuals.

I would think about how much you want to spend, how much time you can commit, and how competitive you want the market to be. 

If I can ever be of any assistance, feel free to reach out.

. - it depends on a combo of how much you’re willing to spend monthly, how much residential sales you intend to do, and what the broker would expect. 

It's probably worth more to me than it is to the market; I'm just disturbed at what I might have to spend to preserve my peace of mind.

And that makes it worth it.For your initial walk through you don't want to be spending a lot of time "inspecting" the property. 

You will need to be very careful though as the areas vary, not only by blocks but actually street by street.What your looking to spend and your safety level will dictate more of what areas to look into.   

It's important because you can spend all this time and money on a potential property to buy but if they do not find something they like to exchange into they can decide not to sell and then you could have bis losses in sunk costs.

I would spend a few hours painting the bathroom pale gray, paint the vanity darker gray and an inexpensive all chrome handle,  add some towels in turquoise or yellow and a shower curtain to match (but leave it open) or something.

I do have children who will spend summers with me.