Get pre-approved: Make sure you find someone familiar with 203k loans and has done them before. 2.

Fairfax County is proposing changes to the current ordinance, but nothing has been approved yet (https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/publicaffairs/county-proposes-changes-accessory-dwelling-units-and-home-based-businesses-better-serve-residents).If you can find a home where you can create a smaller, independent space with its own living, bathroom, and kitchen space, you can rent it as an apartment.

Get pre-approved: Make sure you find someone familiar with 203k loans and has done them before. 2.

I told him that I do not allow sub-letting and I would have to approve her anyway and her name would have to be on the lease. 

Also, if my better have approves as well. 

I always like to show a pre-approval letter on the first page of the offer, noting a full price offer, then on one of the final disclosures, I propose the seller to provide 3% back towards closing.

Typically a tax sales is initiated by the County Treasurer to satisfy delinquent real estate taxes and a non tax sale is initiated by a creditor (such as a bank or entity who has the MER lien) who is trying to satisfy a judgment obtained against the debtor.

Most banks will ask for one when approving financing anyways. 

My wife has a pre-approval for a property and we just signed a contract for a property.

Following is a paste from the email I received from their Oversight Manager;"We have approved your request to waive the escrow account as an exception.