Depending on the season, a homeowner can find areas in a home where air and heat are leaking.

Typically, garages aren't build with the expectation that someone will one day live there so they aren't as air tight as your home would be.

Maybe a website, a virtual assistant and Google voice.Hit every real estate meetup, ask every person if they wanna sell owner finance to a beginner, and throw a bucket of red paint in the air and try to not look like a bloody mess...

You have caught it by the handle, preventing a disaster and winning a long term JV partner in the end!

in them;All the trim (baseboards, casings, window boxes) were unsalvageable;14' of the sill plate along the rear wall and 12' along the front wall had to be replaced - this was the big discovery which put us in framing mode for a few days in-between snow storms.We discovered that the vapour barrier was, for the most part, ineffective due to poor installation - the insulation looked like a tired air filter in a shop vac.  

I have a simple question... and encouragement for us all.After you make it big, and you are looking back at all those newbie investors, will you snub them--sticking your nose in the air at the real estate investing challenged among BP members, or will you extend your hand of success to give someone else a leg up?

Oceana is a large Air Base as well.

The fact that is selling as is still shouldnt prevent you from getting an inspection and being able to back out based on what the inspection shows you. 

Build a cottage/bath in our backyard (w/ full permits) and use it for short-term rental via Air BnB.

I just hope Bigger Pockets can become that resource that prevents me doing something completely stupid with it.