following - saw the same and wondered the same. i was under the impression that you could buy but you could not then rent a hud home - you had to inhabit it?

One denotes respect for the inhabitants, the other disdain.And,I love your thought leadership in these communities.

This serves that first applicant well, but we have: Multiple applicants for each vacancy, who can be left waiting a week or longer to learn if their applications will even be processedApplicants applying for multiple properties, and tying up units they may have little intention of inhabiting as backups, now that they have this time bufferLandlords with increasing vacancy costs.

The property isn't inhabitable in its present condition and our plans were to fix it up.

I personally walk the homes we buy 30 minutes before closing, and if they're not empty of inhabitants the check doesn't leave my wallet.

The property has not been inhabited since it was purchased a few years ago.

In the DMV, at least from what I have seen, the properties under $200k need at least $50k to make it inhabitable.  

They are going to have trouble proving the house was inhabitable without hotel receipts or some other proof the temperature was dangerously low.

I own a condo inhabited by four unrelated individuals, which is legal in Raleigh, NC.

She had a clogged toilet 3 times in 3 months and I had a plumber go out and fix it each time the next day, and the plumber told me that it was because of excess toilet paper and wipes and this last time she clogged it, I mentioned to her that we were going to replace her toilet but in the time being to not throw anything in the toilet, so she complained that her unit was inhabitable and she had to go stay at a hotel, which I told her that the toilet got fixed and there was nothing wrong with her unit.