I hired an architect and he did some rough designs.

Perfect and comfortable for two families, children, and maybe gramps and gramma!  

Rent collection is free only with the subscription, does credit building, great rental contract generator, site is very simple in design.

I just want to get more comfortable taking that risk! 

This would be a hospice home designed to provide more comfortable living in last few days/weeks of life. 

I’m not creative when it comes to interior design and wondered if I should bite the bullet and hire a professional to establish our interior design theme.

I’ve been designing residences for so long, but I have yet to invest in RE!

Hey Michael - we definitely have a lot of consensus here - based on the facts in Texas, I would agree with you that it sounds like the burdens and benefits of ownership (or at least a significant amount of them) are transferred as of the auction date, and based on what you stated, I would also feel comfortable taking the same position for a TX property - it would certainly not contradict the revenue ruling given the related restrictions on the property and taking possession are an entirely different fact pattern, making the ruling moot in your scenario.Which I think highlights even more one of my closing points (and your point as well on Jurisdictions) - this likely changes wildly by jurisdiction. 

Which made me feel comfortable moving forward.

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