She plans to rent out 2 units while living in 1.She consulted some local architects and they came back with a ballpark of 1 - 1.5mill to complete the job with a 2-year timeline.

We will move to the area in about a year (I live in Ok and the properties are in MO.)

My intent was to have a home to live in long term.

It was a great price and it already had a reliable tenant living there.How did you find this deal and how did you negotiate it?

@Jonathan Cox, Are you living on post or off?

Either you knew that person was living there and never brought it up with the tenant who passed. 

While living in it.

And I did to open services.On this I am sure its right, I just lived it.

After a week of craigslist emailing I found a lady that lived in California but had a very beautiful, 5 bed 3 bath, How did you find this deal and how did you negotiate it?

All of the painting professionals we use say that flat is the way to go, but I'm wondering if this is because they know they are going to get a full paint when the tenants move out because after a year of living, there's no way just touching up will be sufficient.