We requested a new estimate and only the percentage rate was corrected, the rest remained the same.

Sale will officially begin in Winter of 2020.

The rest is easier debt.

Repairing wood siding is not a cheap task as well (especially if you want repaired areas to match rest of house) and will ultimately run the risk of  future repairs.

I'll bet you a round of beers that the rest of the windows in that house are not perfectly aligned with the floors or ceilings or are perfectly level and plumb or square within the opening - you just don't take notice because they are alone by themselves in the wall, finish carpenters are magical wizards who make stuff that aint right look good all day long and finally, you're just not looking for it.

But for the rest of us who want a solid return and still feel a little bit of safety.  

I guess that makes us official real estate investors. 

Because if you have significant equity in your home it would make sense to me that you'd want to go for a low interest fixed rate mortgage, instead of paying interest on the rest of the home and interest on the down payment for your next property.

I don't have the ability to read the article but $PSA has been getting whipsawed around like the rest of the market and is well off recent highs. 

Happy to share the rest of the details with you offline.Thanks,Andrew