Don't underestimate her ability to make clear decisions, age irregardless.

.- Affordability: Wage growth has lagged cost of housing growth in the U.S. over the past 35 years.

However, if the market wont bear that cost, solar could help you out with that high of a bill. 

This will not only help your potential investor have more confidence in you, but it’ll help your ability to present it & run the numbers. :-)

I am a custom staircase maker and have been blessed with the ability to binge real estate investing books all day at work, and finally got hooked on the bigger pockets podcast as well. 

Because the market has good growth fundamentals. 

So yes, I'd say locals have an advantage in their ability to scale in some situations.

Does having one mortgage affect my ability to get a second for myself? 

A lenders main concern is your ability to repay the loan, if you lived your own they deemed you not able to.

The act of making a counter offer in writing, by law, voids their original offer and they are absolutely no longer obligated to it.Even if you hadn’t voided their original offer with your counter, there is no ability to “sue them to force performance”.