Then there's sober living companies that get some government funding and require counseling, meetings, etc.

I thought about taking cash but was unwilling to give the government 850K.   

Government will never succeed in "making" anything cheaper.

Economic base is also diverse (tech, education, government, healthcare).

Joe These days a lot of local governments have the records online.

As in real cash backed by the full faith and credit of the United States government, however shaky that may seem ;)

To address this, we verify the property owner per government records and use this information to vetimposters.Anything that seems suspicious will lead to us requesting an acceptable Letter of Explanation toaddress.Analyze IncomeMany landlords require a month of paystubs from applicants and just use these to calculate a monthly qualifyingincome.

Luckily, it's directly spelled out in our governing documents that assessment debt can't be passed from previous owners to new owners. 

We publish a quarterly print newsletter for our tax and strategy clients.With your permission, I would like to republish it in our second quarter 2025 newsletter. 

Why not take the $200k cash and use as a downpayment on a $1M property that will print money and appreciate much more rapidly?