After some negotiations I have gotten a house down to 350k, 4/2.5 2500sq ft.

.- I go to military training on the 7th.I have a good lock on my interest rate and afraid of doing the mortgage application over again due to a slight decrease in my current job pay but will be going up again in a few months and I'll also be house hacking once I own and solely live in the house.

We updated the house to match its low price range, which required careful budgeting and strategic renovations.

Pretty unreal.At some point, this house of cards will collapse.

Milwaukee born and raised—I currently live in Madison but I still travel to Milwaukee frequently and its where my family and real estate business is.My faith in Jesus Christ is a huge part of who I am and guides everything I do.RE InterestMy Real Estate Interests currently included, small multifamily buy and hold, house flipping, house hacking, and BRRRR.

Address the leak immediately, once the house is water tight get everything dry and then you can approach the cosmetic repairs over time. 

And that educational out, you know, where you get a degree that offers you upward job mobility, where you move into a big house, and you drive an expensive, late-model car? 

Depending on location they can cost a lot to replace but when you factor in what you save from paying sewer bills it’s cheaper in long run.It would not stop me from buying a house

So if you are looking to house hack in N Dallas, I would focus on a value add SFR you can get under market, perhaps. 

Thereis  too much info for here but given your stated information, I'd do the chapt 7, save what I can, and move on.If you mentioned you owned a house, the recommendation would be different.