Maybe I should write for the chamber of commece.. at the end of the day I would still much prefer to live in the Napa Valley ( which is were I lived before I moved up there) but its a pretty nice spot really.. and I travel extensively thorugh the US on work.. so I see many metro areas and their housing stock..

Additionally, it has a deed logging road, and has a transmission line touching the property in two spots with 3 phase power.Today the broker got back to us after we asked about solar power potential and he says the substation is away from the site (about 4 miles).

My first night here I could literally hear water gushing into my crawl space.

Making lemonade out of lemons is probably one of the best adages I can think of for learning to be creative and solving problems in real estateif there is a problem with a property or dimension issues you dont always have to go to a contractor to solve the problemcontractors have a certain mindsetand are operating on a specific paradaigmhere are some solutions I have done in the past that have really worked and paid dividendsi had an ejector pump in a bathroom and the space was covered by a makeshift door I decided to have a custom cabinet built that functioned as a trash receptacle and had shelves as well now the unsightly space is home to a beautiful custom cabinet that can be easily removed for servicing the pump when it needs it problem two I bought a house that had front of the shower enclosure removedrather than buy another shower enclosure cost 500.ooi opted to replace the front wall with backer board and tile the front and ended up with a beautiful custom look cost was cheaper than replacing shower enclosure and the look is twice as good problem threewhen i bought my house there was a hole knocked out one of the walls about the size of a  door i suppose thieves came in from the crawl space into this part of the house when it was vacantrather than close in the spacei enlarged the crawls space door poured a concrete floor and created a second exterior doorway to the space making the downstairs ready to become a legal apartment. 

I think you will find yourself in a tough spot if you are requiring HML and you are having to fix these things up yourself, as your carrying costs are going to be tremendous. 

Remove water from crawl space )Thanks in advance

This saves us money and our electrician prefers having some young fellow crawl through the attic pulling wires than himself.

Ruth is spot on!

My plan is to put a fence with a gate and rent out spots however my questions are does anyone have any experience in this and what permits are required?

Also, might be a good idea to give your insurance agent a call and make sure you've got coverage if there's a dog bite issue.Additionally you may want to add a yard maintenance provision with that pet fee - dogs don't poo in toilets, and most don't have one specific spot.. they crap everywhere, and if you have grass, you'll now have lots of burn spots.Pets are a problem for me personally - I'm too busy to want to feed another mouth or pick up the yard, however I have several units in areas that it seems like every house has dogs... so if I say NO DOGS, I can also say NO RENTERS.