I spend more time on here than I’d like to admit.  

If I should spend the extra buck and install vinyl fence in hopes that it is less maintenance and will last much longer?

Initially when you open the 2 credit cards your FICO will drop due to "average age of accounts," but it'll shoot right back up as you spend a year establishing an on-time payment history. 

With them just selling his mothers home, its not uncommon for people in that situation to pay up bills in advance, especially if they know they're a bad money manager and would be tempted to spend it on something else.

The PM is renterswarehouse, I saw good reviews about them on BP.

I don’t want to spend $3k on an in rem quiet title for a property only worth $11k. 

Subtract your existing mortgage from that limit and that's what you have left to spend with zero down payment.

The residential note field is a field filled with regulatory land mines, attorneys looking for class action lawsuits, and deadbeat borrowers spending 2-4 years living for free while simultaneously destroying the house.  

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Let's assume that if you spend $80,000 now on geothermal and solar panels, you'll save $5,000 per year on utility bills forever, but if you spend $15,000 on regular heating and cooling equipment, you'll have a typical annual cost of $5,000 in utility bills.