@Angel Lomeli My advice would be to house hack or buy within a 2 hour drive.

I do deduct my mileage to the house though.

Parcels requiring extensive engineering will be built up later as land becomes limited and housing prices go up.

Hi- Considering a lake house. 

My wife and I own a SFH and a duplex, both house hacks.

This move would be local meetups now, but next move may be about house hacking vs. a condo or something like that.

It has a structure attached to the garage that used to be a house but is gutted mostly and unlivable, might be condemned.

When houses are selling over ask by 10's of thousands cash and under a week you risk is significantly less.

It was inmy LLC name but I personally guaranteed it foolishly using my house as collateral.

I can provide a complete demo service of existing house floors, bathrooms, kitchens etc. and re-install tile on floors, kitchen backsplash, tile over tub, walk in showers and curbless showers.