In my experience, most ax murderers, drug dealers, and wife beaters have more than sufficient OTHER Bad Habits that will easily disqualify them without a lot of effort.

. - especially if you could find a multifamily maybe a 2-unit building so you don't have to worry about the self-sufficiency test.I should be selling you on option 2 because we could totally help with that kind of renovation, but I am not sure that's the fastest vehicle to get you where you want to go....doing a reno project on option 1 would create the most upside.Regardless, happy to connect and brainstorm more through your situation if that would help.

They did not provide any sufficient info to the sales office to answer buyers' questions.

Is the upside you expect sufficient to still be profitable if you have to hold the property for 6 months instead of reselling it when you close on the purchase? 

(Although, “shelter” in Colorado should be a joint debt between spouses anyway.)You did not say whether the wife, who intends to stay behind, has good credit and sufficient income (would qualify) to rent your place by herself.

You need to have a wall for the foot vent to turn up, and you need to have a line to tie into that is sufficiently deep because the drain to it has to take off below the TEE for the foot vent.

So, for those who are brave enough, and whose pockets are sufficiently deep, to have been riding the real estate speculator rocket in Vancouver or Toronto this past decade you would be smiling.  

Would a domestic ng water heater be sufficient to heat that small of an area?

Because not only might rates be higher in 3 years, you will need sufficient down payments and reserves to continue to acquire.

You do have sufficient insurance, including an umbrella policy don't you?