They have mortgage insurance as well, but it doesn't stick around for the life of the loan.

Do I just stick to the basics now or do I continue with the level of the rest of the house?

As with “stick built” homes (and if budget allows), focus on making the kitchen and bathroom areas attractive.

You really didn't do it all by yourself.Some of these brokerages are average 1 transaction a year per agent to less.A lot of these big brokerages stick 3 to 4 agents on a team and pump out selling listings given to them by large REIT's and other sellers.By choice I work with clients one on one and spend the time with them educating on the process.

Either pick your job career and stick to that only and use real estate for investments or decide to go ALL IN for a full time agent.

or do we stick with what we can manage without the huge loan and build slower?

My other rental has granite countertops, although it is in a much better neighborhood.If I stick with that countertop though, I won't put in stainless steel appliances as I had planned since I think that would look awful.  

the way that chicago defense attorneys work is that they throw as many counterclaims as possible at landlords, hoping to get one to stick.  95% of them are B.S.7.  

The thing I think I can do better is stick with my script and try not to sound like a bumbling idiot.

If you were in this situation, how would you incentivize the seller to stick the deal through and sell to you after you shelled out approx. $10k in probate costs?