@Maria Murphy yes correct, simply paying the debt in the owner's name to hacienda (tax office)/government first as part of the purchase at the notary and everything left to the seller.Valencia has worked quite well for us the last years and compared to Barcelona/Madrid the m2 prices are a lot lower.

I was based in DC up until three months ago, and she's in DC now!

My problem is, they tend to get swept up before I have the time to blink.

I have currently 250 leads but will ramp up to 1000 new leads per month. 

Especially at your age you have time.Thanks for the heads up!

I lived there for three years and I’m now coming up on my second year of renting it out.

Then a rent up phase interest only.

It will limit the number of people who are interested in your property and you may end up having to rent it to lower quality tenants and / or below market rent. 

So, you are filling holes and dings and touching up paint anyways.

He missed the target by nearly a month and we ended up paying holding costs, HOA, Utilities etc for an extra 6 months until finally selling in the spring for a reduced price.