3) Would it make sense to rent it out on some kind of vrbo (vacation rental by owner) basis through the long Minnesota winter and then sell it in the spring, or try to sell it right away?

The only time paying for oil made me consider moving out of a rental was the last two winters when I was living in Alaska.

In winter you its cold outside you have this thing called heat to make you warm so take your regular electric bill and add heat to it....they never get it but I keep trying....

Hopefully they don't leave in the dead of winter when it's hard to find a tenant (although I see you live in FL, so probably not as much of a problem there).If they've not been a model tenant in the first place, would you be happy to see them go now?

( due to holiday ) 99.99 of Brew City properties our under Karen Taylor (agent ) -> you must have an agent submit your offer , fyi I have studied her bidding actions ( meaning typical you could pick up her properties at mostly three thousands under list price ) Example : property zebra listed for $24,000 property zebra accepted offer was $21,000 Otherwise, Brew city will let the property sit for several years.

I was going to spread out 50 signs last night around 2am and pick them up Monday night because of the holiday weekend.

I'm in MA so it would be interesting to know if there are seasonal differences with them.Like is their a dip in the winter when all the old people with equity in Massachusetts go the Florida or Phoenix to play golf for 6 months

So hopefully they can get her out by the 10/1.This tenant definitely had an attitude when we were viewing the property, so I don't really trust closing with her not yet evicted.Just overall frustrating since the later I wait to close, the tougher it will be to rent since there are more potential tenants looking for apartments in September/October than during the winter.

It would be nice to tell your bank not to charge you interest on the weekends and holidays.

When a loan goes into default, and the lender determines the property is vacant, they hire one of their preservation co.s to go in and secure the property, change locks, winterized the house, make weekly inspections, etc.