No marketing besides a phone number on a sign at the front of the property (technically not off market, but also not well marketed)

Ask for as much as they'll give you, tell them it's for home renovations (technically true, but do not call it a business) and hopefully the money availability should start rolling in.

Technically what happened in between really doesn't matter. 

I technically can't close the loan until September (when the lease is up and I can move in) since it's a residential loan. 

I've been working in the technical entertainment industry since I was 10 years old (I know right, crazy!!)...

Technically and according to the IRS, those are capitalization costs, not expenses.

I was talking with a friend today and he told me about the possibility of getting a conventional loan along with a second morgtage to help "offset" the initial down payment to technically avoid PMI and the 20% down requirement. 

So technically OP could get his businessman friend to lend him the down payment funds secured by his primary residence as a (2nd?

I have experience with residential construction, but it was when I was younger and I didn't learn many of the more technical aspects of it.

I technically do not own the home until the Redemption Period ends - I just don't want the house to be destroyed without insurance (losing most of my money).I understand the risks:Sight unseen of the insideOccupants could trash or have trashed the placePotential eviction "fun" to be hadHas anyone had to deal with this similar or exact situation in their past?