It sounds like you are already doing move-ins perfectly with photo evidence and proper documentation.

Power is in the community and the ability to network and learn from community members (BP is the perfect example)Gino

This was perfect to save a lot of money while maintaining a high standard of living.

Sorry for the following Contrarian advice, but you're not a 5 year old so:The only reason to buy a personal residence (Home) is because someone is forcing you to.Usually, this person is called your Spouse (which is Latin for someone who forces you to make horrible financial decisions then criticizes you for them endlessly:)perhaps DON'T buy a home, just rent something affordable and invest the 20% or in your case 50% into the stock market (sp500 16.1% yearly return last 15 years, 11% last 50 years, 10% last 125 years)remember, your RENT is your maximum monthly housing expense, but your Mortgage is your minimum or starting monthly housing cost, it always goes up from thereI've, owned 2 personal homes, 100% appreciation in 6years on #1 and in 7 years on #2, (I timed our market perfectly both times), with 20% down and very low mortgage rates, but after honestly calculating all expenses, only made about 5-6% a year "investment wise".

Start small and progress over perfection for future investments.Good luck!

Once in, they could pay rent for a few months until you feel everything is perfect, which then greases the tracks for them to tear your life apart.

But end of the day you simply have to make a choice and hopefully do the best you can choosing wisely what works for your personal situation and personality.The Norada thread was a perfect example of investors all over the map on how they react when a note payment is missed ..

At some point your just gonna have to jump, perfect is a process not a place.

Your questions are a perfect way to do an initial vet of them for content knowledge.

In investing that's typically done by exchanging one asset for another rather than using cash as an intermediary (which would require you to time the market perfectly).