Then suggest you will let them out of their lease.The best way to get rid of tenants is to make their lives miserable just like they are doing to your downstairs tenant.

I tried to play the appreciation game in markets like the bay a failed miserably after the 2006 crash.

Look at all those that are rich and are miserable.. hopefully one can find a balance.... and for sure its an individuals code of conduct that they need to adhere too they don't need to live up to anyone else expectations...

The re-inspection report was done after the seller attempted to have some items corrected (but did a miserable job).

Well, I have failed miserably at this because when I sit and try to journal, my mind goes blank or I don't think that what I have in mind is important enough for me to write it.Can you please help me with ideas on the right way to go anoint this and other tips to make sure I am not wasting time on it?

I do have one polish friend, who hasn't stopped working 100 hour weeks for the past 3 years and at 28 he is probably almost at that goal, and he said it's been miserable.

it's a good way to be instead of being a miserable A-hole

You should spend any of the precious moments doing what you don't enjoy doing.That is how most of the world get stuck in the vicious cycle of doing a job they hate, wishing for the weekend or the miserable 2 weeks vacation a year... then back to do it all over again and wait for next year.

After i got my first house under contract I flew down personally to view it, it failed inspection miserably and we pulled out. while I was there looked at several more properties one of which I ended up purchasing.  

You might want to get the loan before leaving the military ESPECIALLY if the field your husband starts working in is different than what they were doing before.Lenders typically will look at leaving a company to move up in the same field somewhere else as okay but if you change occupations completely they like to see 1 to 2 years of stability before giving a loan.Someone might be a great car salesman but then try being a chef and fail miserably at it so the lenders like to see a track record of success in the chosen field.With VA it might be different and things might have changed since I did residential 10 years ago.