Also does anyone have a good recommendation for a contractor in the SF bay area (east bay) who can remove an addition to a house without damaging the original structure?  

arrive from INDY that day at 12 leave the next day at 4pm for Orlando.well if your going all the way to San Deigo  just head north up the CA coast into Oregon its spectacular drive.. then head east to Spokane area and cross into Montana there then work your way back south a bit through Yellowstone and the Grand Tetons  which are about as cool a place as you can go in the US.

Sorry agents, but if I had a choice I would cut out the middle-man(men) too. 

Hi BP!Have been on BP for a month now, soaking up all the information I can. I recently got pre-approval for a VA loan and am looking to connect with a local broker who is also an investor in duplexes, triplexes, or q...

$2200.00 goes a long,long way in the Middle of America.Good luck,dear.

It was right in the middle of town, which I thought was weird and made me wonder how there are so many rental houses if there are rules like that around.

@Atwan Kwan why do you want to get in the middle of another landlords dispute with a tenant?

So in the middle of gutting it my mother decided to leave him.

So in the middle of gutting it my mother decided to leave him.

Afaik having the FHA loan does not prevent you from getting a conventional one on the second property - would a hybrid approach like buying first 4-plex using FHA loan (to take advantage of the very low downpayment) and then another SFH/duplex using a conventional loan be a good middle of the road solution here?