The original hardwood floors are in great condition, the windows are only a few years old, etc Everything is fine except the wood paneling walls and that off yellow appliance line that was before my time :)  The land lord took exceptional care of the building and she takes great care of the unit.Anyways I will speak with her and see what we can work out. 

Hoping to learn which houses to stay away from, whether to buy block vs wood frame, if remedied sink hole homes make good buys or are they complete no, no s etc. 

Do you belong to any RE Networking groups in our neck of the woods?

Brick, wood siding, aluminum siding?

@Arthur Edmund,   Refinishing wood like the kind you have can be very difficult.  

Welcome @Debra Woods!!

I would stay out of Alafaya Woods right now I think that is way overpriced and usually the first to go down.

what's the best way to remove lead paint base, and do I need to go to the bare wood or as close as I can get it? 

The past owners used wood paneling walls to make a few rooms. 

Fast forward a couple days and more conversations and his family coming over to check it out and we are under contract.Actual Numbers:Sales price $150,000Purchase price: $86,000Loan/carrying costs: $5160Attorney fee for contract: $1500Actual repairs: $6020Actual profit: $52,670Repairs, if you are wondering were:$1,100 siding for garage installed by me and my husband instead of hiring a contractor, we also skipped the rollup garage door and left the wood doors that swing open$3,000 new wood stove, installed$1,500 new electric panel$100 misc (4x4 post I had to replace and paint for trim with peeling paint, GFCI outlets)$320 stuff I'd already bought and can't return (ie paint).