Hopefully repairs are made in time for original closing date.

I'm thinking of writing a cash offer on the second house, trying to push the close date out as far as possible and as quickly as possible cash out refi House "A" and use that money to purchase house "B". 

Foreclosure takes time so you probably have 2 or 3 months after maturity date but if you can sell in 2 or 3 month then you should look for longer term options.

Then, when the problem occurs, you'll be prepared to handle it instead of panicking to get your head straight.Examples:Tenant pays lateTenant doesn't pay at allTenant asks you to waive late feeTenant asks to move their due date for rentNoise complaintsTenant fails to water/mow lawnUnauthorized petUnauthorized occupantTenant wants to break lease earlyTenant abandons rentalTenant abandons rental and leave stuff behindTenant refuses to let you or a contract in for inspection or repairsYou get the idea.

Dominic -I run a design build business; I've been where you are... having books that are weeks to months out of date is horrible and can spell disaster as you make decisions based on bad and untimely data.What we've done, after years of trial and error and tons of money lost on bad solutions, is the following -* Off set accountant who does monthly reconciliations and statements, year-end taxes (We run on basis of completion, which I recommend you switch to immediately)* Off site book keeper who does day to day data entry* Quickbooks on a server on the internet so everyone can log in remotely* Paychex handling weekly payrollDon't pay an accountant to do your data entry, it's usually way too expensive and not necessary... don't pay your data entry person to do your monthly reconciliations and statements (They don't know enough, typically).

While negotiating price with a private seller I went the route of negotiating terms before requesting the seller to come up with the price he wants (buy house as is, reviewed cosmetic deficiencies that I can fix, estimated closing date, etc) and the seller has ultimately decided to have the property appraised.

It can't be backdated, because their date will reflect when it's filed with them.

Recent experience I had pulling permits in the city of Cleveland:  Work done, call for inspection get date/two hour window.  

.) - Leads management (from the sourcing contacts or from direct sellers) - Opportunity Management (probably from contract sign to closing) - Due Diligence Management (contract signed, key dates management, teams based management,) Investor Relations - Manage both active investors and potential investors - Keep organized with regular communication in mass (via Outlook/Google)Thank you!

Explain to him you're the new owner, run through the new lease (make sure you have one made up) and discuss rent payment and due date.