All this to say they are getting serious about permitting so if you are planning to invest in San Antonio in the short term rental space, MAKE SURE to check that the property is eligible for a short term rental permit given the density limits above and have a Realtor experienced with the San Antonio permitting requirements and rules. 

Most lenders are going to be limited to 70% of ARV ($560,000 total loan amount) but that means they could fund 85% or a bit higher of purchase price + rehab ($560,000/$645,000 = 86.8%), which is solid.

Your best bet is to get the rec from an investor-friendly agent who also flips (but be very careful with this, so many fakers) or an investor.

Betting on future price appreciation and equity growth is just that "betting". 

This will negatively affect both your DTIs and stack your conventional loan limit(10 per person).

If she qualifies and materially participates, passive loss limitations won’t apply, allowing you to offset your income with cost segregation and bonus depreciation.This post does not create a CPA-Client relationship.

It's pretty common practice to have something like that in a property management agreement, and if it falls under that limit they're going to pay it and not notify the owner except in regular monthly updates because it is below the threshold of what is an ordinary expense in the course of business.

The settl4ement was private, but I bet it was at least $400k knowing the attorney's involved, maybe more. 

If OP has not already tried calling every we buy houses ad in the area, they should also do that. 3 days is very limiting though - no time to waste. 

These are big money plays life changing profits but RISK you bet..