When I asked what happened with the applicant, they took weeks to inform me that squatters had moved into the property. 3) When I asked for a copy of the court paperwork they had filed (to ensure they were actually doing something about it and to discuss with my own lawyer), they reassured me vaguely they were taking steps while they moved slowly without telling me what exactly they were doing.

I finally got ahold of the city today and they said the permitting timeline can be as fast as 3 weeks to 3 months, and is up to the owner's application and readiness. 

Looking to move in a week's time. 

I used a hard money loan to purchase this off market deal.I rehabbed the upper two units within two and a half weeks and have a renter already lined up for one unit.

No one knows:(It could take a week, a month or more than a year of constant followup until an owner is motivated to sell. 

If you ask them to write an offer, don't disappear for weeks at a time after you make the offer. 

If the tenants did it while the weeds were small, it would take 1-2 minutes every week.

Not just someone who has their property on MLS for 2 weeks.

Weekly Airbnb.  

Pace has had 10 due on sale called recently, as of a few weeks ago, (no word on if more have been called) and his students a couple of dozen called?