I really feel terrible about the position I am in but there really are only two choices I can make; forget about my real estate aspirations and probably regret it for the rest of my life or get back up, dust myself off and work to achieve my goals.

Take General Contractor to make sure the rest structure will pass inspection on the the foundation or it will have to be torn down, if you will be force to comply with the building codes or structure can be repaired and grandfathered, city will require plans for foundation, and hope not for the entire addition.

The rest of the world knows that, but somehow we have a hard time seeing it.

i think most of these shows are good entertainment. you can learn a lot of what not to do and take the rest with a grain of salt. we do get the shows mentioned in canada and also get big city broker from toronto and how to be a property developer from the u.k., anyone seen these shows?

Please give it a rest.

Aerospace and S CA after the cold war while the rest of the US was experiencing growth.Recession?

Now, the rest of the story as Paul Harvey would say.

They have the right to be miserable just like the rest of us.

Average market times which use to be high have come down & now match up with the rest of Chicagoland. 

Since the house includes an additional parcel, an option that the seller offered is to take the VA appraised loan amount and then carry the rest for the additional parcel as a privately financed loan.