Habitat for Humanity will enter the house and will accept usable furniture.

Are you asking how to find a deal, get the contract and sell to the end buyer as quickly as humanly possible?

@Kelly DeWinterDC Office of Human rights has fined plenty of people for telling prospective tenants that a unit will not pass a s8 inspection.

Go to Habitat for humanity and ask for materials you might get at a discount.

It may take longer to complete because of the learning curve and procrastination from lack of knowledge and being a little nervous because you do not want to mess it up, it is natural and a normal part of the human to respond to challenges of uncertainty like that. 

Something about living in a hole is against our human nature.

the post-dating part is unnecessary. you could leave the date part blank and your bank would cash it. you could write "when hell freezes over" in the date part... no difference. checks are read by machine and posted to your account. when a human has to read it, then the date is overlooked.i for one would not hand someone a half signed check, either. toooooo easy to forge.why not use escrow?

The health and human services department may have a say, as well as the local city/county planning department, and the fire marshal.Find out what property modifications would be required.

I considered my actions to be very honorable and way up and above what any other rational person would have considered to be considerate/human.   

Renting as a social institution has been around since the beginning of human history.