I bought their current place (tiny studio, not really a home for two, just a place to crash at night) in 2014, because the market was crazy and all I could get was this place (I had to beat 10 offers).  

Additionally, I plan on purchasing the house I grew up in from my widowed mom who will give me a killer deal, and turning that into a rental (possibly vacation rental) in Ocean Shores, WA - a tiny beach town that blows up in population during the summer, near where Mr.

It's a little tiny ugly house: 672 Sqft2.

That disclosure is just to let you know not to let your toddlers eat the paint chips off the window frames."

I put Crown Lake down (5.5mm) right over some rolled vinyl flooring that had chipped up.

However every giant tree started as a tiny seed.

Paint chipping would be an issue with an FHA appraisal if the house is older than 1978 due to lead paint scare.

I could have tuned it out of my head, taken the sale,  and let them deal however the chips may fall, if they did.....

You also have the option of going through a mortgage broker.If you are finding little tiny lenders who seem to not really exist, I think you're digging too hard.

A fellow investor has 2000 sq ft in one such building & shares it with several others & they all chip in for CAM.