Many lenders are doing periodic occupancy checks and because the property is investment / Rental, if caught committing "Occupancy Fraud" the lender can call the note due, foreclose and the owner is out like the fat kid in 5th grade dodge ball!

You need to make sure you offer with a good amount of lease option money to the seller and be fair with your expectations or the minute they run a ridiculous scenario/ offer by their attorney or realtor, you're out like the fat kid in 5th grade dodge ball! 

No wonder the USA is fat and sick.

I guaranty if you were to battle anther realtor with a borrower/ buyer who was to do as I described above, 7 out of 10 times you would lose down here in FL  with that outdated strategy of "Poor Mouthing the Offer" with ridiculous Good Faith Deposit amount in escrow.If I were selling a 500k home, and an a buyer hit me with a 5k deposit, their offer would be out like the fat kid in 5th grade dodge ball!

Originally posted by @Bettina F.:At

The hogs had gotten too fat, time for a slaughter.

Both sets of tenants still are living there.I have a large dog (lab that is over 100 lbs) and have had in the past Goldens and a King Shepherd (150 lbs of virtually no fat).  

The sheriff came out but he wouldn’t come to the door so they left ... fat lot of help that was...

I know a buyer broker that would go right around the listing agent and work directly with the seller and the listing agent is then out like the fat kid in 5th grade dodge ball if they pull some of the nonsense you hear about.Generally, the poor Buyers Agent is limited as to what they can do for fear of having the listing agent file a complaint on them with FREC (Florida Real Estate Commission)But as a Florida Mortgage Broker, I'm not subject to FRIC, FRAC or FREC and have no problem going straight to the seller if needed or ask by my borrowers. 

My 10 unit cash-flow only went up $1700, but it was a fat payment with a low balance (old loan) so it was messing with my DTI.