For example, the house is listed for $500k and it has $300k in mortgage left at 3%Could I offer $500k and "assume" the mortgage of the seller?

If you wanted to flip a house that was say on the other side of the state, are you placing celluar cameras on the property so that you can remotely monitor.

Pictures to me just look like a normal nice house someone would live in - not a fun vacation spot with a theme. 

We'd like to rent both houses if we moved. 

Unless you own the house cash, in addition to the advice you've received, you can't just transfer a house from personal to an LLC without risking the option of the loan being called since the LLC does not have two years of tax returns.For new investors without cash to buy, LLCs are about the biggest cause of analysis paralysis out there.

That’s it - no need to modify the existing lease.

I have flipped houses strictly as the investor.

They've been good tenants but don't have any real means to qualify for buying the house in the traditional sense.

The longer you drag this out to save a few more bucks the longer it will be before you can have this occupied and earning you money That’s the mindset that has led to the existence of 400k a year technicians.

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