What about a property in the 100 yr flood zone that is sitting 20 inches off the ground?

You just have to do it to clean up the property:  Sometimes, especially for newly acquired properties, the grounds are in such bad shape that you need to invest in order to get it to a maintainable state.  

ZERO issue with that in any way....All I'm telling you is that the way you have it structured as some form of retroactive rent increase is very shaky legal ground...... but do it however you want.....

There is only the back side that has direct exposure to the ground. 

Once you get to this point, make sure to run your numbers for both while living in the house hack (lowering your living expense to less than what it would be to rent in your area) and post move out where you need to be at least break even after accounting for your monthly payment + maintenance, capex, vacancy, property management.In terms of location, I definitely recommend you finding a location where you have friends/family as boots on the ground while you're on the road or abroad!

I'd do a search for Indy wholesalers so you can get put on their list and maybe connect with some boots on the ground that you can trust!

There are 5 bedrooms near the Polo Grounds that would be great deals at that price, even with the additional monthly. 

I try to do one a year... keeps you grounded.

Need contractor for trees removal, prepare electrical and plumbing (water & sewage) connection with main house and prep a flat ground for the tiny house on wheels Need contractor for adding a bathroom and shower in the garage, some dry wall work and plumbing, then tile & finish if you have different recommendation for different job, I'm ok to be the project manager my self =)2) converting garage to JADU --  This I probably will look for a contractor can do everything including permit. any suggestion greatly appreciated!

If there isn’t much damage, you’ll just pay for a termite treatment ($750-$1500) where they will spray and inject stuff into the ground to take care of the active ones and keep new ones at bay for a while.