You can see if it appreciated historically and then you can think its a good deal after 2 years of waiting for it to pay you back?

Instead of fighting the high interest rates, take advantage of them by buying secured first trust deeds currently paying 9.5%.

Persistent supply chain issues and strong consumer demand have not helped the issue subside; however, the core driver of inflation is and has been increasing shelter costs.

Also, do you pay the contractor after you would sell or refi the property, how does that work?

The tenant is doing everything right but the assistance program pays out late.

The goal is to have this home pay for itself and eventually be able to retire to this house full time in about 10-12 years down the line.

If I sell for $250K, how does that get divvied up between profit and paying off the mortgage I took out? 

As long as the city does not hammer the builder with connection fees  ( or waives them would be best) I can see this working well as long as folks will pay that much to live there and of course Schools will dictate how well it will do long run.  

No buyer is going to come in and be willing to pay an assessment unless they are getting a deal on the unit. 

I spoke with them, and it seems like you are paying them 1% to help you go through the process... that's about it.