If you can sit on the sidelines and be choosy this requirement is fine, but you are going to have to kiss a lot of frogs before you find someone with that much cash on a wrap sale transaction...it may take 6+ months unless you advertise like a mad man3.

It sits on about 1000 acres 30 minutes from Fredericksburg. 

Jaime, I'm actually sitting in a hotel in Lehi, near Salt Lake, right now.

This home was located in a zip code that is notorious for its ultra-modern design (though those homes are still sitting for sale).

I am waiting to see where this market is headed, as I know a lot of people are sitting on the fence right now. 

Do you get interest on that money that is sitting there in your home? 

Jay you probably recall I was on here just as an investor for quite a few years asking stupid questions before I got my license 5 years ago.

I have seen this range from as low as $100 up to $300.Do I need to pay anything before sitting at the closing table?

Typically, you can only do one rollover per 12-month period (again, IRS Publication 969 has the details).In the end, having the option to invest your HSA funds is usually a better bet than letting them sit in a basic savings account.

Jaron Walling said something that caught my attention, "search for and buy a bad roof, leverage it during the negotiation"....especially of the property has been sitting on the market longer than normal for the current market, a "bad roof" might be a gift from the real estate genie.My point is this: get good at estimating and fixing a bad roof (or any particular problem found with most houses that sit on the market longer) and you'll get comfortable buying/fixing properties that scare off other buyers.