I recently got married, and the house we are living in is proving  out to be bit congested with all of us living there. 

Other folks here on BP have had some creative ideas, so maybe they will chime in. I

I ended up moving back to Atlanta before it was finished, and while it was being built, the area of DC went from being a street of prostitutes to the best area of DC to live in. I

To me this was a win in I have learned not to go higher than I felt comfortable with.Sometimes you just have to walk away.

I too work full time and most days start at 6AM and end at 7PM... so the night time is really when I can dig in. I

What I've realized is that the stuff they're interested in is very different than the stuff I assumed they'd be interested in and the stuff I would have tried to teach them.  

We have 2 SFRs in what I would consider a bad neighborhood by my standards - as in, I wouldn't live there but haven't been afraid to go there over the last 8 years...in daylight ;)As @Deborah Smith has pointed out, the cons in these kinds of rentals can be a real test.

I hope my question is clear here..I'm unsure if I should be networking to find a realtor to submit Hud offers for me or if I am suppose to deal exclusively with the listing agent indicated on the property I am interested in. Is

All in I would estimate repairs to be $85-90K.  

it gets much tougher to rent after August 1 here as school starts August 20 and folks want to be settled in.  I