I am hopeful we will be approved right after the holidays.

I thought this was something kind of fun that BP members would appreciate. My wife and I are currently traveling the country in our RV full-time. If you read my profile and new member post you'll get a little more inf...

Holiday weeks/weekends I am charging 400-500 per night... 

Or for now, as you mentioned, for holidays try renting it as an Airbnb and see if that works out.

I lived in Oxnard all 18 years of my childhood and my parents still live there so I go back for holidays and such.

The seller rescheduled closing until Jan 6 due to the holidays.

The landlord just put the house up on the market and has informed me that they will be putting a lock box on the front door as well as will be showing it several time within the next few weeks alone on top of that a couple months ago I gave him my rent check on the 2nd beacuse the 1st was a holiday and the banks were not open he proceeded to hassle me and tell me that my rent check needed to be there before the first and am always afraid to do that simply because i feel he will cash it to soon he did that with my deposit cashed it 2 weeks before my lease started i guess that should have been a sign however i also was not told that in order to keep all rooms at a consistent temp of 65 I need to keep the thermostat at 75 please help  any way out or am I on the hook?

As the holidays wind down, we can set something up.  

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays.

Well wishes to you on your REI endeavors and happy holidays to you.Kudos,Mary