Are they in Shelby County, TN or all over TN?

I advised REA that, in my experience, this SS lender had never reneged on an oral agreement to postpone and likely would follow through in this case, too.REA simply could not bring herself to advise her EB client to accommodate the process in this way.

ie Can you pass on any or all of property taxes, repairs, maintenance, HOA, insurance, etc?

You still have most or all of the operating expenses that a typical rental has.The gurus make "lease-options" sound wonderful, but the reality is quite different.

The good thing about Section 8 is that part or all of the rent comes directly to you from Section 8 every month.

The only requirements he must meet for a fully tax deferred exchange areThe value of the relacment property must equal or exceed the value of the relinquished property.All of the equity in the relinquished property (or all of the exchange proceeds) must be held by a Qualified Intermediary and reinvested in the replacement property.The replacment property must be identified in writing to the Qualified Intermediary within 45 days following the relinquished property settlement.The replacement property must be acquired within 180 days of the relinquished property settlement The equal or greater debt requirement that applies to a direct exchange is not applicable to a delayed exchange because there is no debt relief in a delayed exchange.

Are you just buying homes or all types of properties?

Lets see how much thought is going to go into this housing / bank bailout . . . frankly, I'm starting to think that the move to make is to stop paying the mortgage so I can:a) Get "bailed out" b) Renegotiate my loanc) get any or all of the other great perks that some people in politics will bestow on those people who walked from their home.Why not, right?

Reason: If it's one agreement and you have to evict, the evictee might successfully claim that all the money paid in is equity, meaning you might have to pay part or all of it back.

You may or may not be entitled to some or all of it.If the lender took possession at the sale, then I don't know what rights you may have.