Also, is anyone aware if there is a specific mandated time period after which an owner occupant may rent a property out as an investment?

Your occupation being overseas does not mean you have a mandate to be on property any set number of days or time.  

These auctions are mandated, not elective; they usually have very little advertising; often it is difficult if not impossible for the potential purchasor to obtain access to the property before purchase; they often have hostile tenants requiring court action to obtain control of the property from; the auctions are often held in inconvenient places at inconvenient times; and the terms are not buyer friendly often including immediate all cash sale, no title insurance, and no guarantee as to title marketability.

Hello- I'm closing on my first duplex is NE Minneapolis on Tuesday, and on Friday they informed me that the seller had not yet completed the updates mandated by the city in the TISH report. 

You will also have other disclosure requirements mandated by statute and contract.Given the market, if it was my home, I would do minimal cleaning, touch-up, and paint and then put it on the market as a great fixer with lots of potential.

The way the SEC has implemented this legislative mandate means that there will now be two different types of offering under Regulation D’s Rule 506: • Traditional Rule 506(b) offerings, which cannot use general solicitation, but in which up to 35 non-­‐accredited investors can participate so long as they are provided with extensive information about the issuer of the securities, usually in the form of a private placement memorandum or PPM; and • New Rule 506(c) offerings, which can use general solicitation, but must be sold to accredited investors only, in which the market will let investors dictate the type of information that they need in order to make informed investment decisions.

This Code of Ethics often establishes requirements and obligations that are higher than those mandated by state law.Hope that helps you!

Worse than nothing:For brief background, state mandated growth planning for the entire Puget Sound region (Report title: "Vision 2040") calls for 95% of the growth to be channeled into the western urban cities and centers along I-5, with just 5% urban sprawl into the rural areas, which are intended to be permanently preserved as green spaces. 

Could you be mandated by a third party (historical society, mortgage company, neighborhood association) to purchase replacement cost v actual cash value? 

"Properties listed for sale in the six months preceding the disbursement date of the new mortgage loan are limited to 70% LTV, CLTV, and HCLTV ratios (or less if mandated by the specific product, occupancy, or property type – for example, 65% for manufactured homes)." - Per FNMA guidelinesI hope this helps!