Talk to the company that quoted the repairs, they can tell you if the repairs would be a permanent fix or a temporary solution.On another note, an appraisal from 2005 should in no way, shape, or form be the benchmark you are using for value.    

The refinery has a steady supply of temporary workers coming in to do specialty maintenance work. 

The person above in this thread is 100% correct recent laws have made using buyers money to close out contract with seller is now deemed illegal and cannot be done but there is a way around that like everything else.if you want to maintain the old tradition of using the buyers cash to close out your contract with the original seller what you will have to do to stay within the law the new law that is, is to have your lawyer write out a promissory note to the cash and buyer securing them with your equitable interest making that cash buyer a temporary lender.

Once your current home is leased, and you have a temporary apartment, start looking for your own future home to lease-option. 

The house needs no rehabbing or fixup (if it did, I do not buy).I then begin to market the property and then if their is enough of an equity spread, I will offer the new temporary owner financing which will lend to buyers with credit scores as low as 500 (it is opening up to investors this week).

The cash flow is temporary in most cases until "murphy" shows up to take the profits every year or so.

I know some people use "sweep" accounts, where the deposit account (where the tenant can easily "see" the account number) is used as a temporary money store... only until the rent is pulled into an operating account (tenant doesn't see that account) by the property owner.

Rent control in these areas usually means that increases are capped to CPI (usually) or just a few percentage points, and you can usually get temporary or permanent increases in base rent by improving units (most are temporary but I think JC is permanent, some places like UC recently repealed their improvement laws so it can change, but I've heard it's coming back).Good luck.

Tell your realtor that you won't close unless you get the temporary lease added.  

Ok so my hubbie and I have just rented our 2nd house and we are looking for a new way to find our new temporary home that will be our next rental.