That would give me enough time to repair the house to meet conventional standards and force equity for the cash out LTV %.

Additional relevant provisions in the contracts:"Title Evidence and Insurance: a title insurance commitment issued by a Florida licensed title insurer, with legible copies of instruments listed as exceptions attached thereto ("Title Commitment") and, after Closing, an owner's policy of title insurance (see STANDARD A for terms) shall be obtained by the Buyer. 

The conference is an online fundraiser to acquire ASTM certification for hemp building materials in the International Code Council.

@Randall Re IISpain is a beautiful country indeed and I've been a big supporter of investing internationally here.

Lastly, I don't know what your long term plans are, but having a house to return to in the States if your international adventures don't work as planned can be a good safety net for you!

@Mauricio Quintana from what I understand, you can charge what you deem to be market rent regardless of the payment standard set up by section 8.

@Roberto Westerband on the investment property I will pull a standard commercial loan and have the property stand alone. 

In general, the major brokerages are somewhat greedy and they would prefer to keep both sides of the commission "in house", so before any new listing is posted to a site like LoopNet, Costar or Crexi, it is passed internally to every other broker in the office and then within the intranet for that company, to see if anyone has a party to do the deal with.

This is what I have done with a more extensive rehab with my GC, but wasn't sure if this is standard for smaller repair budget and dealing with a handyman / sub directly.  

That's what I have found to be the standard going rate.