With that being the case, can’t I go ahead and get it appraised now and mortgage it if I want?

If they take too long, someone else may jump ahead of them in line.2.

That can include a site visit to their current home to see how they take care of the place (assuming they have one, we've had a few come from homeless shelters).

This is a slight improvement from last month’s 35.9% gap, as inventory continues to slowly grow toward normalcy.Looking ahead, active inventory is likely to surpass 2020 levels later this summer.

Realistically out of thousands of open houses agents in my office have held open, I'll be no more than 2 or 3 have sold to someone who visited on the open house. 

Also, if you are renovating as a buy and hold would you automatically go ahead and replace them up front?

How did you come up with those markets and have you visited (or lived in) any of them?

Know how and who is going to manage, speak with local PM companies (if not self managed) do some due diligence on projections, nightly rates and optimally visit (if haven't already) the areas you're exploring investing in.

They haven't paid in almost 2 months, they never had a lease agreement they just came to visit and never left.

I visited over 10 years ago.