I do not think it is a stretch that you could have 100k of equity after sale costs in 10 years.

I think the main reason has been a lack of good river access points, there are only a couple in the county, and there's a very long stretch with no good place to get in or out of the river at all.So at the bottom or our hill there's been property for sale for a while, it used to be a landscaping business or some such but it's been vacant for years.

The Trafficmaster specs say no more than 1/4" unevenness over a 10 ft stretch.

For a $200K house to need $75K worth of work, it would have had to been in a fire, have a serious foundation issue, an airplane fall on it, a broken pipe in the attic that leaked for several months without anyone noticing.. and even that would be a stretch.

Even if you do sell, drastically cut your expenses now in order to stretch those funds as long as possible and don't depend upon you getting jobs quickly to remedy matters.  

Here's why: We have a bit of a sub-prime mortgage affect in Canada because our rates are mostly 5 year terms and from 2015 till present we've seen a buying frenzy at extremely low interest rates when these mortgage terms come to maturity there's a few things that will happen that will leave a lot of people in a bad place. 1. interest rates will surely be higher and some people stretch them self just to get their foot in the RE door in the fear of missing out  2.

I believe that most people on BiggerPockets are ethical and wouldn't take advantage of me posting this but well this is the internet so caution is a good thing.Looking for advice on weather to try to stretch myself right out of the gate or to let it pass.

I know it seems a stretch however it is still America.

Remember that it is a rental and not that it will get beat up, but it will be....lived in.Besides, I think interior paint being affected by lingering odor from the smoker while he was smoking outdoors is a bit of a stretch.

But the fact that in Los Angeles so many people are stretched thin on the renting and buying front suggests many are walking on an edge again.