The terms with the seller is he is selling at 280k with 25k down (less than 10% down) leaving me with 255 left at a 5.5% 20 year pay down term.

The snowbirds leave by April / May and don’t return until Oct / Nov.

Try calling the health department, but that may result in everyone having to leave while the house gets treated.

We also made the mistake of moving into a bigger home that we really liked and didn't want to leave.

That only leaves 8 feet (4 in front, 4 in back), but that is NOT the problem. 

Hello,I have heard and seen many different responses / information to the following question, and hope a CPA or an experienced professional in the topic can shine some light on this:"Can you write off travels to / from if you are traveling only to view properties and meet with a property owner / real estate Investor / etc.?"

Here are my considerations:I will be leaving my current job in the next couple months and pursuing a career switch, which could take anywhere from 3 to 8 months (maybe more). 

That is real money leaving your bank account.

I found out the caterer would leave if I had to do that, they would be without a bathroom and lose a lot of space (they used as an "office").

To those in the BP community who took the leap what have you been doing since leaving your w2 job to help supplement your lifestyle on top of your investments/flips?