well damn, the first house sold (but we could still live in it while the other is being fixed up), and the other house is in pretty bad shape, however it is a 3 bedroom 2 bathroom house.... just needs A LOT of work... they did say the landlord would buy the material and would take money off the rent if we did the work, however it would need work before we could even move in (carpet tore up, walls painted, new windows, etc)... so we are still on the hunt I suppose