You still perform full background and employment verification on the Student, and as long as the reports do not reflect any Bad Habits, usually no problem.

Second, I change my search to "To Rent" instead of "To Buy" and I look at what is actually on the market that is comparable.  

Im thinking it makes more sense to to just finish my rehab as a 4/2 as a long term rental and when I am done with that I can look at furniture costs to see if it makes sense to furnish it or just rent it. 

I really wish the building would have been converted to townhouses (villas) instead to simplify everything but we were told by the attorney that did the conversion that converting to to condos (instead of townhouses) was the only option.

Hopefully your lease says something along the lines of "landlord will handle all repairs" or "tenant agrees not to to make any repairs, alterations" etc etcSeriously, 2 months in and he is threatening to sue over something he should not have done.

No income verification. 

We believe verification beyond platform minimums is important. 

Wondering how much money would be leftTo finish my gut rehab in the middle of looking to get a hard money loan to finish it electrical is done passed rough , hvac is done , it’s completely gutted and cleaned out and insulated how much you think would be left to finish as a rental property nothing fancy but just to to get renters 

If they are VERY professional, they will have their processes in writing as verification that policies are enforced equally and fairly by their entire staff.6.

If you pay their loan off, there will be a verification of rent to qualify them for a loan, so kiss their chances goodbye if they miss even one payment in the next 12 months (which they will).So if you can live with all of this, go ahead and do it.