Auctions are perfect at keeping me within my #'s because in my area you must put down 5% of the winning bid so the check I bring is 5% of the highest im willing to pay so if it goes over i cant bid anymore.2)Market Area-I started out looking small but as time went on I expanded.

This is a perfect post!

My understanding is that the shingles should be cut flush to the edge.A drip edge is supposed to be installed at the roof edge, and shingles cut flush with it.2) The shingles that came off, did so in almost a perfect square.  

That is possibly the first time in my life I actually believe that the term "egregious" is an absolute perfect fit for describing something.The may be the most functionally irresponsible policy I've ever heard of.So if I refi my house for 200k, its going to cost me 5k in govt fees?

Yeah, perfect analogy...

But it is perfectly fine to change  your mind and convert it to your primary residence after a period of time.  

I'm honestly perfectly comfortable with ghetto properties.

Probably half of my $80,000 renovation budget will be allocated to these structural repairs.Naturally, this will all have to be disclosed to any potential retail buyer.Assume that, when finished, the house is perfectly renovated by any standard.

I know plenty of millionaire "investors" building homes, fix/flipping etc, using exploited labor (as in paying below legal market wages, legal as in the wages they would have to pay for a legal worker with overhead, taxes, insurance etc), breaking all types of laws, putting the burden on taxpayers, and they walk around like they are perfect and beyond reproach. the arrogance is amazing yet they do not see their own hypocrisy.

., and Jon Holdman spoke of are perfect examples of the right ones to ask prior to going out to the property.