The buying opportunities in that period were crazy from other less capitalized/experienced owners at that time, one owner got a failed class A for 1/2 the value to build 5 years later for example.We typically perform very well in down markets, so not to wish harm to anyone, I am excited for the next cycle we’re buying makes much more sense again.  

If I was at the house I would have obviously had her move the car but neither of them had the common sense to do that even though they were both there and the cleaner saw how close he was to her car.

If I was at the house I would have obviously had her move the car but neither of them had the common sense to do that even though they were both there and the cleaner saw how close he was to her car.

Should I be viewing this process of evaluation as worst case scenario and run a good, better, best analysis and move forward if it makes sense on the better?  

It appears to make sense...?

So no, you cannot refinance as part of this process.Sure, there are creative ways to do this but they make no sense here because they create unnecessary risk. 

As far as figuring out operating expenses, if you cannot get a good sense on what the operating costs are going to be from the info provided from the seller, it wouldn't hurt to start talking to some local property managers.

This makes sense!

This makes sense for us because we have zero costs associated with our loan (no VA funding fee) because of his disability status.

@Joel Owens that makes a lot of sense and I will keep that in the back of my mind as I navigate residential at first.