For instance if I were to be right at the upper DTI limit for a given lender, would they limit what I could qualify for versus if I had a DTI that was very low?

For instance, if you pay in installments in full before the unit is delivered, that's a payment plan; there is no developer financing involved.

The Minihaha house for instance, I'm pretty certain she said on one show last year that she had bought that house two years ago and was just then able to get around to rehabbing it.

For instance a home with 1829 sf and great interior design was sold for $59/sq ft in the same street last Jan after 200 DOM.If the comps tell you, you can absolutely sell at $135k, it MIGHT be a DECENT deal, even then I would be cautious.

It's been 20 months since our previous renters left it needing extensive cosmetic repairs to rent; It's a beautiful refurbed 1925 bungalow with all new wiring, plumbing, etc. and an added bath.

For instance, if FED court was just before Christmas I'd still go, and even serve the WRIT, but not call the Sherrif to extricate till' a couple days after Christmas.

Hi Patrick;I'm not overly familiar with land trusts, but I use LLC's extensively for my real estate holdings.

There are a lot of people on the board that I have talked to on the phone extensively, but have never met.

If you want to invest, meaning you want to be hands off, then either buy an apartment building which is large enough to support management and pay roll, or if you can't pull that off, put money into a syndicate, though even that will set you back $50,000 if you go with anything I do for instance.  

That will involve much more extensive structural changes to avoid compromising the structure above the opening.An easy way to figure out what might work is to go to some window manufacturer's web site.