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Unless there is some strange law to the contrary, and god only knows what might be happening in CA, the inspector can recommend, but not require or compel anything. The home inspector and their report is to make the buyer aware of any deficiencies so that they may be addressed prior to closing. Many times these deficiencies are dealt with at the closing and often result in a downward price adjustment that benefits the buyer.When I did home inspections in FL I was often hired by the seller at the time of the listing, so that any major bargaining points created by discovered problems could be addressed in advance. It was far better for the seller for example, to have a new roof installed by an installer of choice, than to have to discount the sales price to cover an estimated cost of repair.Your task is to determine how much you want to discount your property to cover the exterior paint job or to refuse to do anything if the market is strong enough. Typically, it is the seller at this point that caves-in as they are the more motivated party. After all, you only have one house to sell but the buyer has many options. If you have your back to the wall, get at least three bids on the work to be done and pick the one most reasonable and tell the buyer you will discount by that amount or be willing to split the difference with them. Unfortunately for you, the strength of the market and the desirability of your property will determine the outcome.

I served in both the Navy and the Coast Guard, so I think I can answer your question.I enlisted in the Navy on September 26, 1997, went through MEPS and then to boot camp in Great Lakes, IL. While there, I chose AT (Aviation Eletronics Technician) as my rate. Then, I transferred to Pensacola, FL for my AT training. Next, was my “FRAMP” school in Jacksonville, FL, where they taught me H-60 specific avionics systems repair.I’ll insert some advice here: Never. I repeat, do not ever fill out an end-of-course survey honestly, even if the instructor only flips through the training guide for 5 minutes, saying, “you won’t need that…or that… or that… OK, let’s go golfing,” and that’s how 80% of your “training” goes while you waste 3 months of your life.If you do decide that your ethics are important and answer the questions with the truth, be prepared to sit (stand at attention) in front of the school Senior Chief and explain that your moral compass is more important than his performance review and that of the instructor.Oh, it also turns out that that gaff follows a person. Be prepared to do everything but what you are trained for when you reach your command. Instead of fixing avionics, you will be the only person you went through training with that doesn’t work in electronics until about a month before your enlistment is over. However, you can still advance in rank, even though you spend the first year selling candy and coffee from the geedunk and then the next two marshaling, washing, servicing, and inspecting the aircraft in the line department.Ok. Back to the question, “How does a job in the Coast Guard compare to a job in the Navy…So, my terminal leave from the Navy began on September 10, 2001. Between boot camp and that time, I went around the globe twice, flew in a C-3 from Bahrain to a trap on the Carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72), I managed the line department on the flight deck (after working for two months in the galley, washing dishes and waxing the decks), and I visited 6 countries learning about and how to appreciate many different cultures and people, I became a Shellback, then a Golden Shellback, and flew from the Carrier to the “beach” in an H-60, with the command Skipper.The short time I actually worked in avionics, when I need to get something from the aircraft, say access to a radio, I had to enlist the help of a Mech (AD) to remove the 10 Phillips head screws securing the access panel, so I could remove and replace the radio, then ask a mech to replace the panel after QA finished. If it wasn’t an electronics system, I couldn’t touch it, even as an E-5.As my enlistment ended, 9/11 happened. I was told to go home while I still could. I drove back to Ohio and got a job managing a medium size hotel for 7 months before I decided I wanted back in the military, but wanted to stay away from the Persian Gulf. (I’m not a person who enjoys 130° F temperatures at night.)I decided to join the Coast Guard, because I’m a pirate at heart. The recruiter sent me up to Detroit, because that was the closest base with helicopters, to do a “rate determination interview,” to show I could keep my rank. After a 5 minute discussion followed by me teaching the AVT1 differences between the H-60 and H-65, he sent his recommendation for me to keep my rank.My recruiter let me choose where I wanted to go, so I chose St. Petersburg, FL. I reported to the air station a day early and my sponsor (the guy assigned to show me around the command) asked me what the hell I was doing there and then told me to go home until it was time to check in. I didn’t understand his logic, but that was the first difference I noticed… on time was no longer late.The next day, I officially checked in. It seemed laid back in some respects, but mostly corporate. I spent a few weeks in the avionics shop, then a couple in the line department, then back to the avionics shop. Eventually, I ended up in the NVG cave, performing maintenance for the command’s night vision goggles. At one point, I helped develop the Coast Guard’s NVG training and maintenance program.This is where the primary difference comes in. The entire Coast Guard Aviation population is about the same as the population of one underway Navy carrier. My primary responsibility was to maintain NVGs, but I still worked on all avionics maintenance evolutions and inspections.I was expected to earn my aircrew wings (certification—something I could only do in boot camp or A-School in the Navy) and become a collateral duty QA inspector. Often times I would be involved in an engine or gear box change and I was laughed at the first time I asked a mech to remove an access panel for me.My deployment were no longer in a floating city or the desert. We spent a few weeks in the Bahamas every few months.One stark contrast between the two was what I call, “battle mentality.” In the Navy, as a petty officer, junior personnel were accountable to me as I was accountable to my senior petty officers, chiefs and officers. I was required to dole out rewards and discipline, albeit lower level. If one of my guys was messing up I could dress him down, and then we’d move on, probably getting a beer together later.The one time I counciled an E-2 in the Coast Guard (I was an E-5 at the time), he went to the Warrant Officer after and I ended up standing in front of the Command Senior Chief, explaining my actions. That was the first official negative entry into my jacket. Remember how I said earlier that the Coast Guard has a corporate mentality. This is an example.I gained a lot from each service. I learned much about the world and my management style in the Navy. My time in the Coast Guard, taught me politics. And I got to fly in some pretty important rescue and interdiction missions.Tl;dr-If you are trying to choose between the Navy and the Coast Guard, figure out if you want to do shitty jobs in shitty parts of the world, but see many amazing places and meet lots of amazing people or if you want to make a difference at home and learn valuable technical skills, while putting up with the stigma of joining the “lesser branch of the military.”As an aside, I never had time or motivation to take college courses in the Navy, but I had plenty of both in the Coast Guard.EDIT 1 - for clarity

I suggest this only for cash buyers on the LOW end of RE investment, in the USA. I’m using $30K as a price-point. The mid-west is ripe, Jacksonville, FL; Macon, GA; Birmingham, AL; Jackson, MS; Buffalo, NY; Toledo, OH - are all great markets.Buy a HOUSE (not trailer or manufactured home) in cash, below market, that needs less than $10K in renovations to be livable and appreciate quickly. Try to buy either a DUPLEX/MULTI-FAMILY, or a property on at least 3/4 acre. Before the buy, get an inspection/appraisal. Renovate in cash, pay the first year taxes in cash.For example: If the seller needs the money (which a lot of seller do these days), you can buy a decent house in a decent neighborhood for $30K cash, that is appraised at $60K, or even more. Even if you put in $10K in renos, $5K for the 1st year taxes and perhaps fines and misc., you still have made at least $15K profit, very quickly. Now, you can rent out said house for $500-$1000 per month until you sell. So, say it takes you 10 months to sell (after renos), you’d maybe have made $7K cash in rent, plus the $15K from the renovations (now we are talking $20K+ profit)…and then perhaps in the time you sell, there will have been some appreciation. Even if not, you can flip in less than a year and turn a good profit. Or hold and add to your portfolio.Also, depending on the neighborhood you buy in, there may be a tax abatement.