I never would've thought of an escalation clause, Account Closed seconded the motion (with further insight/detail), I'll have it at the ready.

Never know when Crazy John will show up - drunk & ready to fight!

He is getting ready to put her in a full 24 hour care facilitly soon and asked me for assistance.

Than let the owner finance (informally) as before but don't transfer the deed, but have the owner give you a deed to be recorded when ever in the future or when you sell it, the deed can be prepared so that when you sell, you just add the buyers name to the deed and you take your assignment or equity profit.In the future you can prepare a management agreement and send it to the lender (seller sends it) that gives you the rights t do what ever you want until you are ready to pull the trigger.Usually the lender will not accelerate the mortgage if payments are made.

I’m learning tons, and I feel like I’m mentally ready to get a house hack going.

I just retired as an RN from Readiness.

Is it ready for rental/move-in according to USREEB?

You're going to get pre-approved  even if you don't have a deal ready.

My lender says the property needs to be move in ready, but I’m rolling the dice.

http://www.har.com/content/newsroom/Houston Real Estate Highlights in October Single-family home sales continued their post-Hurricane Harvey rebound as volume rose 7.5 percent year-over-year with 6,381 units sold;Single-family home sales remain 2.8 percent ahead of 2016’s year-to-date volume;Total property sales increased 6.6 percent with 7,614 units sold;Total dollar jumped 10.8 percent to $2.1 billion;The single-family home median price rose 3.9 percent to $226,491, which represents an October high;The single-family home average price increased 2.7 percent to $285,858, also the highest level for an October;Single-family homes months of inventory grew year-over-year to a 3.9-months supply, but is down from a 4.3-months pre-Harvey peak – the result of a surge in consumer demand for housing;Townhome/condominium sales rose 5.8 percent, with the average price down 1.1 percent to $195,393 and the median price down 3.1 percent to $153,000;Leases of single-family homes rose 13.6 percent with the average rent up 2.8 percent to $1,776;Volume of townhome/condominium leases jumped 34.8 percent with average rent up 2.9 percent to $1,533.HAR still encourages anyone who has housing available for temporary occupancy (up to 12 weeks) to please post it on our Harvey Temporary Housing page at www.har.com/temporaryhousing to provide housing to those in need.