I'd pick the closing day if they already live there, but haven't signed the lease.

Sad times we live in just as we enter bear market today & prepare for crash of our lifetime!

I also run a mastermind on residential assisted living.

Have you considered other starting strategies like house hacking or live-in flips?

Do you plan to live there forever?

Getting right to the purpose of my post, with all the relevant context: I’m 52 and living near Seattle.

You all must agree to the same thing or else you will just end up fighting about what to do.Since your mom doesn't have it in a living trust, I suggest you do that right away.

I would let the tenant know that he is not authorized to live there.

They're not stuck as in "there are no other options", they're stuck as in "there are cheaper, crappier options but we'd have to pack up our entire lives and deal with the other expenses/headaches that come with moving so I guess we might as well just suffer with the increase". 

Hello BP community,Most of the builders do not offer investors opportunity to buy the lots and they claim they are only for primary residence (i;e they will sell only if you are going to live in it (example Ryan homes, Pulte homes etc..) are there any builders out there who can sell to investors for "buy to rent" in Columbus OH?