The teacher was an actual financial educator but they repeated themselves a lot and were telling the students to go in and apply for credit cards DURING the course to purchase the next course for $15,000!

5C's of credit are a good framework to understand the fundamentals.

The court considers "open and notorious" to be in your favor as opposed to being sneaky and deceptive. 

.- Get pre-qualified with a credit union/traditional lender while your home is for sale citing the money you'll get from the sale of your current home as a down payment- Complete the sale your home and purchase of your aunts home in the same day.

You typically will see small banks/credit unions probably wouldn't be able to out-of-state, but otherwise any mid-size company or larger should be able to.

When you say that you will "screen" prior to showing, does that mean a full application with backrgound and credit checks?

Since your name is on the deed, you have a few options to secure financing for the rehab:Home Equity Loan or HELOC – Since the house appraised at $500K and you own it outright, you may be able to take out a home equity loan or a home equity line of credit (HELOC) based on the home's value.

RentRedi’s syndication marketing helped us secure a great tenant in under four days, including employment and landlord verification, as well as criminal, credit, banking, and eviction history checks.

If you're focusing on rural properties, sometimes local community banks or credit unions are open to these types of deals.

I’m just giving credit where credit is due.