Some are way shorter, some are a little bit longer due to an extended wait to get an available docket date.However, cost wise we have heavy property taxes (surely because we don't have income taxes), and insurance cost is a killer (flood zone, hurricane...).Also we have a very great land trust statutes.

The amount of the rise ensures that the new article is paid for within a year or within the time left on the tenants lease, whichever is shorter.

I would obviously like to hold these properties should they be performing as I plan on doing a 30 year mortgage up front with possibility to refinance to a shorter term up front to pay everything off asap / avoid market fluctuation as best we can. 

Add some interest to that and you can calculate a shorter term to pay that off.Then again, if you have the $35K to pay "up front", that might help them cover Grandma's expenses.See what the family needs and go from there.My $0.02 ...Understand this about reverse mortgages: when the owner dies, the loan balance must be paid in full.

Then work backwards from there to have some shorter term goals to keep y'all on track. 

@Pete Abilla, the easiest conclusion to draw is that the glut of housing inventory in the donating (departing) metros will lead to longer times on market and lower prices (buyer's market) while the receiving (arriving) metros will have shorter times on market and higher prices (seller's market).

It might be shorter.

And lending with shorter seasoning periods where you can refinance quicker , maybe that has to do with negotiating with the bank but why not ask bigger pockets .

Some of those repairs and such may be able to be broken out under shorter depreciable lives- but I'd recommend using a tax professional for that. 

Just a suggestion, it could be that for something which feels a bit more temporary/shorter time warrants a bit more flexibility from a screening standpoint.