Write an insurance contingency into the offer. 

Tell them they still need to give 30 (or 60) days' notice-whatever the norm is there in writing.

Proper, Foremost and CBIZ are 3 that write them.

These are all things you need to do some homework on and figure out.In terms of BRR and flipping.Flipping makes you more money now.But BRR gives you the opportunity to invest, recoup your investment, have heavy depreciation tax write offs & build a portfolio which PAYS YOU IN YOUR SLEEP.You only have so much time to work, but the need for housing will consistently increase as our population is outpacing or supply of housing year after year.

Since that home is in my personal name, can I write off the losses as a “rental” which it’s intended to be but not quite yet? 

I'm going to propose that to him writing today.

I never plan on selling them.They generate tax free income because these are in a ROTH, the taxes I would have paid in this income vs the tax write offs are severely in my favor.I can pull monthly tax free money out of this account, never run out of money as I can pull thousands of dollars in just incoming rent out.

Then you ask them to email you or mail you something in writing saying just that. 

I'd consider writing the bank a check for a couple grand but surely won't for $10k or more.

At that point you should have the money to hire a bi-weekly or weekly person to come by and do everythng for you - write checks and everything.