The short of it is that I am looking for inspectors for mold and sewer pipes for sure, and am contemplating adding in asbestos, lead and an energy audit.

Being laid off can be scary but the good news is if you played your cards right you can benefit from the extra time and energy now .

Personally I do not desire to invest my life, my energy, my money into something that is a 'mission' without financial benefit. 

Ideally, we want to purchase several that are somewhat "turnkey", and want to buy one project property to rehab.Now we're trying to decide whether we should focus our energy in a single state or several.

To me it is the basic economics of supply and demand will continue to push values north for the forseeable future.I won't pretend that I know much outside of Dane County, but I know enough about Dane County that I am focusing all my energies to try and find new development deals and projects here and in bedroom communities rather than elsewhere.   

I can't speak for the furnace replacement, but if you do heat pumps, you can get 0% financing through the National Energy Improvement Fund.

Also, Title 24 is either HUD related, including Section 8, or an energy related business in California, so you need to determine what the source of income will actually be for the second year. 600K savings with a fresh BK does not add up, but, that is why you don't make decisions on partial info, and certainly do not discuss with the prospect.

Purchase price: $134,900 Cash invested: $191,277 Sale price: $418,000 "Modern Farmhouse" Bright Upgraded Kitchen with Energy Star Appliances is wide open to Huge Fireplaced Family Room that has Vaulted Ceilings, Exposed Beams, New Skylights and TONS of Windows!

Oklahoma still has a lot in the way of oil as an economic factor, although we are also growing up in energy and aerospace as well.

There are subsiderary companies of Comed and People’s Gas that are set up to promote energy effeciency and that might be a place to start.