If your work offers insurance and you have to pay for it, from your picture it looks like your job may have some danger associated with it.

I allow small, non-dangerous pets and do a $250 pet deposit, regardless of flooring.  

Making extra mortgage payments may be in line with your goal of becoming the property's full owner as soon as feasible.Risk Tolerance: Determine how much danger you can take.

I've never had an issue like this but it sounds dangerous.

(You would be surprised).2) What if 2 years into renting, "COVID" happens again and the owner takes back his promise because he is getting outrageously high offers on his house and does not want to sell to you anymore. 3) I am sure there are many other "fine print" reasons why this could be dangerous, so my advice is to just save up a down payment or figure out a way to get the title in your name so that you own the house completely.Great Question! 

 I personally would not walk to stadiums from that location.There is always a crowd walking around there who knows why :D)) and it is always a potential danger when house sits vacant.There will be evictions, you should consider that in your calculations.

If you are interested in chatting some more, feel free to reach out @Lucas Koster The fix and flip market is an exciting and explosive market, and I'm sure with your construction knowledge, it'll be much better than having to vet contractors to see if they're the right fit.

I just recently moved to the valley about a year ago and I apparently missed the explosion of growth in Edinburg that seems to have coincided with the formation of the UTRGV system.  

Because there are newbies on BP who look to these kind of posts and feel they're inadequate...or who go and dive into dangerous deals in hopes of replicating this and end up getting scammed.If it's too good to be true,it probably is.I'm not a hater,I just like being the gentle voice of reason/caution in the midst of rabid euphoria.If it's a real deal,more power to him.But we don't know that until he gets back on his own thread and provides some meat on the bone.

Agree with you that a disinterested natural person trustee may be dangerous.