Saves me loads of time.  

Your condo does have some measure of gap between these two sums, but its still tight and your HOA dues are a dead weight dragging down your cash flow.  

The loan process is fast/easy, the interest rate is low and a tax write-off, you can bid and close with cash, and pay the load off sooner than the T&Cs dictate.  

I load up on security deposits as a general rule and this has nothing to do with pets or service animals but rather due to experience:)

This is where the other water heater is, and will create some more space in the mud room.(3) The mud room has the service panels for both units therein, and has the washer/dryer hookups for the first floor unit.(4) The “bedroom” and “bonus room” are nearly useless as is, less than 70 sq. ft. each.(5) There is a trap door in the kitchen floor that provides access to the main water shutoff to the entire building, so this will limit flooring options.(6) The wall (and all those parallel to it) with the doorways to the two rooms is a load bearing wall.(7) The floor is sagging quite a bit, and I plan on jacking it up a bit from the crawlspace, but I don't want to get too crazy as the top floor is finished and I don't want to play havoc with the doors and their frames up there.The pics are a clockwise sweep of the kitchen, the first image shot from the doorway to the mud room.My goal is to improve the mechanicals and floor plan to increase the use and livability of the space so it will command a higher rent (prior owner rented this for $300 to the same guy for 26 years without an increase).

From what I can tell the tk seller picks up the total beater house for 5-10k and in some cities there are blocks loaded with these.

Basically, is a test to tell you how much settlement an existing pier foundation have with time when applying a static load (this loads are usually huge, 60 to 32 Tons of concrete blocks or a hydraulic actuator set-up to provide these loads).

How old is the idea of  using a wheel to move a load from one point to another? 

RE expense is not really given much weight.  

., etc.If you put 10% of your GROSS (not net after taxes and insurance) into an emergency fund...and keep a reserve for a certain amount of months in a liquid form (i.e. money market funds/CD's/Municipal Bonds/etc) in case of separation from work and layoffs, and put the rest into a diversified no-load quality mutual fund, then you will also be funding for the future including retirement.