He had quoted me with the more expensive method of repair and we took that into consideration when I made an offer. 

Still Texas property taxes may be a consideration unless offset by depreciation.

I would imagine with a group rate it would be more affordable if you took into consideration you would not have to really spend money for food, activities...

For a bedroom, it must have an above grade window 2 sq ft opening I think but there is a " width/height for ingress/egress.

I'll DEFINITELY be keeping that under close consideration before making my final decision!

Yet the former building has eight more linear feet of wall, which, using a nominal eight-foot wall height, equates to 64 more square feet of wall (which is nearly 6% more than the latter building size).  

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;)An option to purchase is a contract whereby you are exchanging consideration for the option to buy the property at some point.

We’ll certainly take schools into consideration as we narrow down our search.

This was especially helpful in high tax cities like Shaker Heights and Cleveland Heights.The county does an appraisal every few years so even though my rentals will have their values readjusted in the next 3 years, at least in the interim I've been able to save a few hundred dollars a year per property through reduced property taxes.Hopefully this is helpful and am interested in hearing any other tips others might have.