Good purchasing power for you.  

Buy real estate as soon as you can, the longer you wait the more of the power to accumulate wealth you give up. 

***Ok ill be glad to talk you thru this BUYING SMART part, on the phone...you will be amazed at the knowledge and power you have to buy SMART once you activate your Brokers License.Ill send you a colleague request and we can talk any Tues or Thurs-- i allocate those days for helping beginner investors.

I haven't had a lot of construction experience but I've been dabbling quite a bit with power tools and use youtube like a pro.

If so, I would discuss with neighbor about letting you (read: sweat equity) power wash it and stain/seal it.  

Does each "unit" have separate water, gas, and power or do they have shared meters?

@Ben Elliott You are very lucky it's a M2M lease because you have the power.

I'm in a position of power here to since I'm currently living in the house and not in a rush to sell.

The area past the lid is freedom, but now that the fleas have set a limitation in their minds, they can’t jump any higher and they never will.In this parable, Zig is equating the fleas to our dreams and aspirations.

I explain all the benefits of it and the time/freedom it could give us but it just doesn't seem to work.