I'm aware that housing prices and rent control are hot topics in the coming election but I'm still at least two years out from buying my next property so I'll definitely have time to watch how this plays out before pulling the trigger, but I'm currently open to buying in the states as an option.

Also you have to be diligent if the septic is meant for 3 people and you moving in a family of 6.

(no offense meant, just having some good clean fun at your expense.)"

@Jeremy RhodesI wasn’t trying to insult quality ofwork, I simply meant with experienced workers a disaster area should take 3 or 4 weeks, not months.

If by 'adding value' you meant for mental stress, that is contingent on hiring the right property manager. 

If you have separate leases with each of them (I'm assuming that's what you meant when you said you have "3 girls who signed separate contracts"), then they might be right.Ideally, you'd have just one lease with each of them named in that lease, with them being jointly and severally liable for the total amount of the rent. 

And it also means I perhaps should not go though the refi I'm schedule to close this week, and get another HELOC instead.What I meant about a personal loan or hard money was that I could use that on a short term basis to purchase the property, and then pay it back after doing the rehab and getting my mortgage.

And I meant to say in my last post that the property had to be my primary residence for one year.

It cost the landlord more but it also meant tenants continued to pay rent. 

This money is meant to help people pay for things like rent, so there is no reason she cannot cover May rent.