This morning she said the kitchen faucet is leaking at the base. 

Mortgage remaining is around 85K and current value based on comps is right around 295k.

Looking back my whole plan was based on 5% mortgage rates.

I would strongly recommend attending one or two so you can start networking and meeting people in the industry.

Your dad's cost basis for the portion of the property he now owns outright (his life estate portion plus the remaindership portion he received back from your brother) would likely be based on the value of the property at the time it was originally transferred to both you and your brother.

This property is ideally located in northeast Colorado Springs with easy access to military bases, shopping, dining and entertainment.

But we have never felt more strongly that this is the path for us to "reduce the noise" and be in better control of our collective futures.

This is certainly text book and absolutely the proper way to analyze a deal.Im not sure what he owes on the home but based on the payment and the year it was bought and the fact that its 20 min from Austin im just going to throw out 500K for conversations sake.500K compounding annually at 3% for 5 years comes out to approx $578,000, and you have the loan paydown aspect as well obviously. 

They shouldn't be allowed to issue Rules that clearly state one thing, then issue violations based on another, without explanation. 

I might also suggest that you use a chat application based on IRC.