While that's drying, paint the walls and trim.

After switching hands a few times over the years, the house at 2830 Park Street was purchased by the Florida Cabinet using what’s called the Internal Improvement Trust Fund.In 1982 the state Department of Corrections took control of the house and used it for what’s called a Women’s Adjustment Center — a sort of halfway house for female inmates with short sentences.Now, a Department of Environmental Protection spokesman said his agency is in charge of selling it off, along with other excess state properties.

The former covers the more routine added "wear and tear" from the dog, whereas the deposit covers excessive damage.  

Generally this type of transaction is best for a sale in excess of $1 million. 

there are moral and ethical arguments in this scenario that your glossing over..were it becomes illegal Is as I stated the bad people get in there rip the rents and never pay and leave the poor seller out to dry..

Cash is what you need in that kind of melt down but I never had seen credit freeze like that before and hopefully never will.For me if I was thinking there was going to be another market correction of that magnitude I would have my powder dry and  have my commercial bank in tow.. my one major commercial bank stuck with me and kept our credit in the mid 7 figures but we were on 90 day reviews full financial every 90 days.. it was an odd time.  

Definatly looks like manufactured home dry wall without the joint strips. 

Your original pot of cash will eventually dry up.

@Mark C.You may not do either of the things you propose.You may not transact with your IRA or make contributions to a Roth IRA in excess of the allowable $5500 per year ($6500 if you are age 50 or older).If you have existing IRA funds, those could be setup so as to be able to invest in real estate.

@Carolyn Morales yes, The property had been vacant for many years and the city had a monthly charge for a closed account.We found it right after the sale and luckily were  reimbursed from the county from excess money after the taxes were paid.