I just don't want to shoot myself in the foot if doing away with a dining room is going to work against my goals.Thanks for your input!

The mortgage with taxes and insurance is $1322/month.Comparing similarly sized 2 bedroom SFHs for rent, I came up with $0.81 to $0.89 per square foot for calculating rental income.

Make cup cakes to sell and learn that way if your recipee or technique is not correct you will not lose a lot of dow but if you try to make a 10 foot diameter pizza from the get go and it turns out not well then you lose a lot of dow. 

I see people doing a lot of deals most of which I wouldn't touch with a 10-foot pole.

It just seems this company charges a lot ($2000 for interior paint on a 1000 square foot house).

So answer your question, it depends lol Gene that's a tad high for average build quality at least for us.. we are more in the 100 to 110 a foot.. which includes hardy and slab granite custom cabinets engineer floors and full wrap windows and front sprinklered land scape and fence.. 

I understand that banks won't touch anything that needs renovations with a ten foot pole.

@Eamonn McElroy  Bingo ! 

Hi All,I am currently interested in purchasing a property and I am looking for some possible ideas of what to put it the building.It is a 4500 square foot cape style building that was previously a medical office building.  

Not the risk/hassle of OOS, check.Note you could consider adding an ADU to your current RE but with a 4K foot lot it would likely need to be attached which may not address the wife's concerns.