., a room mate) with a delinquent utility bill it's possible that their bill has been tacked on to the primary occupant's bill.

The number of new units added to the inventory during 2014 as expected increased, as seasonal construction was completed and permitted construction obtained certificates of occupancy. 2286 new units were reported for this quarter.

And then after a year or two, they turn that house into a rental (and keep the low financing) and buy another house for their primary.In the suggested property above (6 to 20), you are not going to qualify for any special financing as an owner occupant.

Proof of occupancy in any court.  

In both examples all the rentals on the street were sold to owner occupants and the last time I check neither street had any rentals.Of all the SFHs that I have ever sold, only one comes to mind that was sold to a landlord;  all the rest were sold to owner occupants, but unfortunately not all to my tenants.I like it as an exit strategy, but it doesn't happen with the frequency I would like.

Point isn't to make money but rather to incentivize continued occupancy and provide the sense of ownership.

Secondly, you have to be very careful with state laws here, because in some states, once an occupant stays longer than "x" days and/or starts receiving mail, you technically can't kick them out without going through eviction proceedings, so you definitely don't want this guy living there without being screened by you.Even though you inherited the lease, presumably as skimpy as it was, it did identify the occupants, of which the boyfriend was not one.

@Mike Hurney So far I have been fortunate and I have been able to keep renewing my leases, so I have held 100% occupancy for the past 2 years and still going strong.

I have been going through the forums lately and first thought of trying to get my first house (as an owner occupant) through homepath.com, but then I ran into HUD units through looking through that website.

Employment checked out so I accepted 1mo deposit and 1st mo rent and gave keys and we signed mo to mo lease that authorizes occupany by their names, and states a total of 2 occupants.