Ultimately, assuming you were planning to paint and replace the flooring anyway, you're going to be paying for the following extra stuff related to remediating the mold:- Remove any sheetrock that got wet- Remediate the mold behind the sheetrock- Perform air quality test(s)- Replace the sheetrockRemoving the sheetrock from the entire 2000 sf house probably wouldn't cost more than $3000.

We know the 20% down is pretty standard and great credit scores help.

Are there more foreclosures or "standard" listings?

The wording out of an agents mouth is "the standard amount is 3%".

You will become wary of "stamps of approval" from agencies claiming to rate the quality of any investment.

Nice Job Tony, looks like a quality Job.

In Wisconsin, if there is no written lease, the statutes rule the rental world, and they cover quite a bit of standard stuff.

In addition, your standard state Seller's Disclosure document may specifically ask if you know about any work done that required permits where no permits were pulled -- you'd need to answer this one honestly as well.

We furnished our personal residence with blinds from them and each window was roughly half the cost for a good, quality blind.

High Ethical Standards - Honest - True. 2.