Since I have to leave the area, I may as well make it a business trip and find some good markets for rentals and house flipping.

I have wondered how common wraparounds are & if it's a major concern for buyers.

The reasoning's behind this come down to not leaving room to grow. 

. $10k doesnt leave much left for reserves so I would only do it if you are also able to save a decent amount of your salary every month, just in case

Long term goal is to leave our current jobs to be free to focus on investing and have financial freedom.A) Use equity (HELOC) to purchase a run down property and apply the BRRRR concept for a buy and hold.

I don't want to leave a bunch of money on the table but as an employee, we get some breaks on closing costs, etc.  

Trees falling over will likely be your biggest concern,Unfortunately, looks you’re right in the path unless it changes.  

I could see that, too, but you can dig out and replace grout in most installations.I'll leave the 5-year-old carpet you're replacing, the porous laminate flooring, and the damaged base molding for others to comment on.

I would deduct from the security, ask him to pay for additional damages AND throw everything out that he left after leaving the keys in the mailbox.

All goes according to plan my fiancé will have a real estate license by the end of October and I will start my next full time job on Oct, 8th.I am concerned about my eligibility to obtain a loan and would like to know if anybody has advice on how they would go about tweaking numbers by paying down debt and lowering the down payment to lower the Debt to income ratio to get approved or if they think I sound like I’m in a sound position.