That was costly, time consuming and very stressful for his widowed wife.

We did one last summer (~620 ft^2), but we also rewired the house, replaced the old cast-iron sewer main, moved the basement stairs & a wall on the main floor, and installed a new HVAC system (heat pump) while we were at it ... so, our total bill was close to 28K.

Renters are consumers.

As you mentioned - Getting rid of the consumer debt will give us an emotional uplift to stay the course, and we’ll regain $492/mo in Earned Income.

Have an attorney draft an iron clad contract at the beginning and it will keep you out of court later if things go south.3.

Have an attorney draft an iron clad contract at the beginning and it will keep you out of court later if things go south.3.

The more mailers you send the more time consuming it becomes.

Our water company can and does come after property owner for tenants bills even though we require- and have for twenty years- require all utilities be put in tenants name-- ironically I received a call yesterday from water co.

Commercial loans can and still do have balloons.Dodd-Frank was targeted at screwing up, er, uh, I mean, fixing consumer owner occupied lending.It has nothing to do with commercial.

Ironically, my guess is you went with Wells Fargo in the first place and were willing to pay a premium interest rate because they were the only lender that does 75% LTV.