What about something like this: https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/182-Pineto...?

That will make it easier to truly understand the numbers if you only focus on a few areas throughout the US.Hope this helps!

Is this a one time deal for you?  

I am guessing only you would be signing the 18 month lease and this individual who is there to "help" won't be voluntarily offering their signature as a co-signer?

(This actually happened to me in VEGAS.

This is very helpful!

Speaking with my brothers this past weekend we talked about trying to keep the house in the family by buying it from our cousins.

I also took this entire section, and fed it to both ChatGPT and Google' Gemini's AIs to see if the calculations seemed correct.

Hire a loan servicer - plenty of discussion and recommendation on BP on this topic and some recommendations for servicing companies 

For context, this would be for a property I already own.I understand this may be a bit unconventional and people will likely recommend I get a proper quote and have the contractor do a full walkthrough.