.- I plan to occupy one of the units and rent the 3 others- The seller is said to accept cash-only transactions- I am pre-approved for almost 4 times the property list price by multiple institutions for FHA and Conventional loans, such as QuickenLoans, Fairway Mortgages, Freedom Mortgages, Village Mortgages, etc- Just in case, I also have one private money lending connection at a rate of 12%Here is my dilemma.Because of the cash-only transaction, it is my understanding that I cannot resort to any of the lending institutions above, and rely on some sort of direct funding.However, it appears that Dodd-Frank law prevents private money lending for funding my very 1st house purchase for owner occupied type investments.Here are my questions:- Is the above true? 

The transfer tax (a BS tax imo) is typically paid by the borrower & is only charged if a village has a transfer tax charge.I could be wrong but I don't think a seller would ever pay for a buyer's property taxes.

The house sat empty for two to three years until the adult children were ready to deal with it.The house was then flipped and the young couple who bought it have been there almost 20-years now ... they new the history of the house when they bought it.Depending on the size (population) of your area, you may need to carry the property a little while before it will sell {smaller the town/village, greater the chance the purchaser (if local) may have a connection with the victim}.

spring, tomball, Katy, Cypress, jersey village, humble, Richmond.

We have a meetup tonight so a little late notice, but it is in Highland Village from 6-9pm.

@Chris Dawson I lived in Prairie Village Ks for a lot of year and still get back to KC from time to time.

The listing says "buyer to assume any and all building violations and is responsible for village required repair if any".I am planning on going to the village and asking if they have record of any violations or liens on the property at this time.

Most of the STRs in the area are near Lake Tahoe in Incline Village (about 90%) and I expect the county to implement more regulations in North Lake Nevada.

And Occupy Madison in Wisconsin just build a permitted village for low income and homeless people.  

Most of my usually buy in areas like Old North, Old Town East/King Lincoln Bronze Ville, Merion Village, Driving Park, North Linden, Hungarian Village, Bexley, and North Hilltop.I can send you a helpful neighborhood grade map that shows the different areas of Columbus.