I was thinking about reminding them of the exact dollar amount of their security deposit by saying something like, "Upon moving out, pending there are no damages, you'll get your $1000 deposit back."

Could I potentially sign a lease contract with a tenant on a property before I own it, pending my purchase of it?

We negotiated that we would buy the house pending the eviction of the tenants. 

I assume this is a good sign meaning they'll accept pending that move.

I think its a great idea, Use your PM to give you a rent range pending what rehab you want to do- ie- sometimes, you can upgrade some materials (labor usually is constant or a small increase) and get a lot more in rent.

Also based on the tax assessor's valuation of the house.I think the house's value right now is really somewhere around $215K.Either way (wholesale, fix n flip or buy & hold), I wouldn't want to go over $140K to get it under contract.Starting with a $130K offer (pending the mold test results) sounds good.

For those 5-6 unit properties stuck in the no-man's land - too many units to be residential, but not worth enough to interest the commercial boyz & grrls, RBC and {perhaps} TD will underwrite them as residential properties.Now, once in the commercial space a deal may qualify for CMHC insurance which has a hefty price tag, but would allow you to have a downpayment as low as 10-15% (pending the strength of the deal and whether the vendor will carry-back).

For me the advantage was that by paying the property tax on these two parcels I was able to removed them from the county's pending property tax foreclosure. 

The neighbor was pending for 30 days, and today it finalized the sale for 289k.

Pending sales that fit one of the two aboveWe use Rappatonni here.Anyone have any other good ones?