It's difficult navigating the home purchase process in general, but a lot of more difficult buying something with costly surprises you didn't plan for. 

Ask if they take debit cards and credit cards or must you write a check, The way I am comfortable with paying is payment for the job x amount, payment for the decorations according to a gross budget for everything, as they are purchased vs giving a pool of money to draw from.

I'm fascinated with the idea of tiny homes/smaller homes (300-700ish sqft) for short term and possible long term rentals.

So we are faced with a tough choice: do we rent our home out and lose about $200 per month because of high HOA costs, OR do we sell and hopefully break even?

We were high on adrenaline from the event but after we got home and the smoke cleared we realized that we didn't really need what they had.

@Phil SheltonThe company I use is Homeserve, and the link: HomeserveI use them for my Boiler and hot water tank, but they cover home appliances as well. 

I grew up in the suburbs of Chicago and would ideally like to invest in IL since my family is still there and can serve as a home base for whenever I need to be in the area, but with IL property taxes being as high as they are I'm also scoping other markets in nearby states.Does anyone have any general advice for buying / investing long distance?

But, naive instagram followers sometimes send hundreds of millions in cumulative investment dollars to these social media personalities, allowing them to buy their beach/mountain homes just with the acquisition fees. 3) Ability to make lopsided bets that can't result in losses for the syndicator (only their LPs): Because of the naivete of their investors and lopsided power dynamic, the syndicator can pursue strategies that give them the ability to make lopsided bets that ensure generational wealth for their family (their LP investors take all the risk). 

I am not new in RE (Own 2 (condo+townhome) +primary home) and all units are in San Diego and know want to buy something near beach and been in Imperial Beach lot of times love the place :)Any guidance how should i approach?

Plead, "I didn't know I couldn't do simple work like this in my own home.