Seller didn’t mention it, neither did Roofstock.

8%-11% is pretty standard here and as someone mentioned it really just depends on how the company is run.

As someone else mentioned, insurance here is generally less costly than in Florida and other beach markets. 

The buyers are FHA-qualified, and I mentioned the option of switching to conventional, but they prefer not to.

I am assuming that this means I can deduct interest paid to original lender and report the interest I received from buyer as income like Ashish mentioned? 

Needless to say, as you mentioned, that is no longer the case with current market conditions.I'm biased, but I recommend exploring and considering the option of vacating both units and renovating both sides for PadSplit.

As mentioned above by @Jay Hinrichs on Sewer leach fields. 

The last tip, I would also see about the first option above I mentioned and add in staging if you do not have it. 

As I mentioned, advanced tax planning opportunities are going to be limited so finding a highly specialized CPA is probably unnecessary and going to reduce your pool of otherwise qualified accountants.

At appraisal it was worth $500K and it is in a neighborhood where homes that are on a third the size of the lot are going for $800K.What's the best way to get a loan, about $150K, to rehab his house and get it ready to sell. as mentioned, I recommend getting a loan to rehab the property.