Of course this doesn't have to be permanent.

If he is still considered a Canadian permanent resident and has decent credit in Canada he could potentially get Canadian financing.

I said if their maintenance person could not PERMANENTLY fix the problem, the next time they either needed to hire a real company or I would be putting my rent in escrow until they provided me a habitable place to live. 

If you make an offer on a property and it gets accepted, and for some reason, you can't find a cash buyer, you will lose your earnest money, and you may get blacklisted temporarily or permanently from making offers through whatever company you had to bail on.

I'm looking to purchase a rental property in Avon NC that I will eventually turn into a permanent residence.

Yes, PCS is military for Permanent Change of Station, which just means that we are being moved to another station/location/assignment.

This is what we are looking at, but the programs I am finding that roll into a permanent loan seem to have short (6 months) time frames and that is very tight to get through subdivision approval.

(actually trying to make it our permanent home...hard to drag a Union guy away...) 

One unit (that they occupy ) is permanently rented -no need to pay a property manager .Everyone is happy .

My dream would be for him to actually leave that corporate job permanently!