I scan and upload all receipts, documents as I get them throughout the year.

You Open Escrow, deposit your Earnest Money Deposit and your due diligence period starts (unless otherwise written into the contract). 

If it is a credit/equity line, you could provide a lender letter that the funds are available immediately for funding - and cured any recission period. 

I keep a portfolio of photos in my arsenal - not posting all of them - but switching out a photo periodically as it can trigger your listing to move up the list when a change is made on some of the sites.  

The biggest question you need to ask yourself is if you are doing this to afford a property you otherwise couldn’t afford or to save money period, that will lead to very different conclusions about where/if to buy. 

Keep in mind of the I/O(payments/period) and game plan on how fast you'd like to pay it down. 

During this renovation period would you, as the lender, want an Actual Cash Value or Full Repair Cost policy in place?

Offering a rent-free period helps the seller stabilize, but what happens if they still can't afford rent when the time comes?

Oversimplifying it just a bit, the investor profits from:- a non-refundable option paid by the tenant-buyer which gives them the right to purchase the property within their option period- the spread between the rent paid by the investor to the property owner and the rent paid to the investor by the tenant-buyer over the life of the option- the spread between the price ultimately paid by the investor when they exercise their option with the owner and the price ultimately paid by the tenant-buyer when they exercise their option with the investorClear as mud?

A line of credit is adjustable rate with interest only payments that will have a "draw" period usually of 3-5 years for investment properties (usually 10 years for primary home) then will amortize over the remaining term after the draw period.