I'd love to see the final rehab on the bigger house. 

Making the purchase all cash, is not as awesome as it seems – we tied up $195,000, which made things a little tough specially because we finalized another purchase right after this one.Things we learned: (1) having cash on hand is useful, we saved ourselves some money by financing the project ourselves.

Good luck....and a final thought, if you want to take profits out of the country, talk to a good attorney.  

And then the final question is what you asked which is how do you permit them? 

Every time I would need a phone call, he will give me the best time for both of him and I.We went hunting for months and finally found one that fitted what I was looking for.

I've read the books and done the research to know what markets work for my goals, but mentally I find myself nit picking every market trying to find the "perfect" fit which leaves me to never pulling the trigger. any advice on how to overcome this so I can finally get my real estate dreams underway??

When the company finally located the septic, they discovered it had been covered by a slab of concrete in the house.

I finally took the leap this year and decided to pull out as much as I could from my 401k via a cares act distribution.

Next time, do the same, and if your numbers are similar, and you've done your due diligence, buy it.Note: In your final numbers you added the $25k for repairs so you wouldn't necessarily have to also add the additional capex to your numbers (unless there was other cap ex you are budgeting for).

Your excellent real estate agent may be instrumental in this.A final consideration:  if the floor guy is willing to back up the $4/sq ft refinishing bid (i.e. if he biffs it he'll make it right and eat the cost) that's one thing.