Once you have a call or letter from an attorney because the nice rottweiler that you played with for 3 minutes during the screening process has chewed up little Johnny down stairs or more likely little Johnny's annoying cat, it will not matter how gentle you perceived this rottweiler to be. 

@James Meador, as a gentle reminder, when you wrote "with our expensive taste in homes pushing our range to $275 on occasion as we look at properties to live in", you do see how that looks like you're not thinking like an investor, right? 

Something in your P&L can surely be massaged.

Renters insurance 8. car lease 9. cellphone bill 10. haircut + mani +pedi+facial+massage 11. car insurance 12. home HS Internet+ phone 12. business cards 13.

I'll preface this by saying we are new to real estate investing, so be gentle.  

Hello BP Community,This is my first post, so be gentle.  

A bit of a novice here so please be gentle. 

My wife owns her own massage business so W-2's would be out but she can provided tax returns.

Analysis paralysis - don't doubt the numbers, have a strategy if the numbers fit the box pull the trigger - they either do or do not fit your strategy - don't over analyze, if you need to massage something its not your deal it doesn't work - 

I would suggest gently asking the inspector (or his boss) to please direct you to the area of the building code that requires the housewrap, so that you can better learn the code for the future.