@Joe Bardinelli It sounds like househacking might be an excellent option for you as you knock out your student loan debt. 

Excellent write up.

So we’re in it for at least $1.1M but the good news is that by conservative estimates, it’s now worth at least $1.2M so I think we came out okay. 

Not all areas have these laws and when they do it is usually something that has made the news at some point. 

I'm up at 4am every day and I have an excel spreadsheet detailing time allotments for each day to work on personal reading, real estate work, practicing guitar, daily bible reading, and working out.

heating oil tanks are NOT regulated by EPA. you have to look at your state cleanup standards. 20,000 ppm is significant but the good news is that heating oil tends to be very viscous (unless you were using no. 2 oil) so it may not migrate very far. the cost dramatically increases if you have groundwater contamination and the groundwater is used for drinking water. you need to engage a environmental consultant, not a tank contractor.

He did an excellent job and handled it well.

He did an excellent job and handled it well.

It was a foreclosure in excellent shape below market value.

It was a foreclosure in excellent shape below market value.