I am a licensed residential structural engineer (PE), I design mountain houses for a living so I would say that I am pretty knowledgeable on the subject.4.

Is there anything that will attract rodents?

At that time it was a buyer's market and it was impossible to sell the place FSBO at a non-short-sale price and realtors were actually turning me away because my place didn't have the curb appeal that they thought they would need to attract the few buyers there were in the market (opposite conditions to today where every realtor is thirsty after a seller lead!) 

The valley is an amazing place to start, just be careful of high prices designed for “California” buyers, and make sure your numbers or projections are aligned with your goals. 

I considered selling it but finding a house with similar specs puts us back in the 450-500k range and i figured a 347k loan looked more attractive, plus its a house we like.

Does the local government take steps to attract businesses?

She could actually help them by directing their purchases or they could pay her an additional fee for design services.

Leverage is the biggest reason why real estate investing so attractive.  

The high ceilings, school district and floor plan made this deal real attractive.

They’ll price it attractively, remove the address and contact information, and wait for someone to message them through the site’s messaging portal.The reality is that the rental market is very competitive.