Cash flow has been hampered by an increase in cost of ownership recently, specifically insurance. 

If Chicago, are you already working in any specific neighborhoods?

Keeping in mind you're not making a decision for your forever home....Let me know if you need market specific insight. 

This normally would not be an issue but the cost of the water/sewer is extremely high in this area and specifically because the meter is a one inch, the costs are much higher than a normal 3/4 inch on a non-duplex. 

Did USAA give you a specific list of renovations they want done?

For a long term investor:Would it make sense if you could buy the home at a steep discount and then let the owner stay rent free for a specific period of time?

Good evening BP world,I am looking to make some contacts, specifically RE agents and hands-on investors in the phoenix area, in order to start acquiring some value add SFH investment properties.

If it did not, did the builder provide a specific for their refusal?

Quote from @John McCarthy: The standard answer is 60 Days, however, your lease should specifically state what your terms are that you both agreed upon when the tenant moved in.

In most of Raleigh city limits specifically, the lack of room to build new construction developments has stirred the folks in zoning.