They eat up cash flow and produce no returns.Low equity in one's own home along with a high monthly PITI payment is likewise a drag on one's financial resources.If, however, one's home is a residential multi-family (BP'ers call that "house hacking"), then the picture takes a different dimension which will be determined by the ownership of the MFR.

I'm willing to help out turning over apartments, installing flooring, painting, taking pictures, etc.I'm looking to learn as much as possible and willing to help if I can! 

you are going to have some degree of noise. 

Thank you for your warm wishes and time to paint such a compelling picture. 

The seller left alot of antique furniture, family pictures, China bowls and cups, and just alot of stuff.Alot of it is just trash but at the same time alot of it has value.

Newer gas boilers have a digital readout on it, and also only heat the water as much as they need given outside temperature and the difference between the room temp and desired setting (so it's never going to send say 210 degree water to the radiators).

(Its illegal to charge for it anyway) ((For now)) Just something I can offer in addition to saying "Hey if you need me to take pictures of a house, or drop off a whatever, Give me a job" etc.Thanks in advance BP for all of your wisdom. 

So I have tried to read up on laws in the Seattle, WA area and it seems that I am allowed to have a central heating system and just put in the lease that the temperature can't be set to lower than 68 degrees.

For example, posting pictures of the property and so on like many of you said your not selling the house but your position in the contract.

I'm not trying to dwell on the negative, but rather would like to get a more realistic picture of how much of a financial risk this is, as we'll likely be using much of our/her own funds.