I personally don't plan to live in the property for more than a year or two (once I graduate from college I plan to move out of state) The belmont housing program does have limitations as to if you move and are no longer a owner occupant you do have to pay back a percentage of the approx. $7500 they give you.

Also each new property has a window of time where the offers can only be from owner occupants usually 10 days.

Zach, most likely the occupant has a life tenancy, that is a month to month without a written agreement, the tenancy rights run until terminated.

Depending on your people skills, you might want to try to contact the occupants to get a look at the inside of the home.

I am looking to do this also on an owner occupied, where the occupant has moved on after the 1 yr requirement.

I do have a Use and Occupancy licence for my first property but I am unsure if I need to file for additional licenses for every investment property I acquire.

And don't give occupancy (or anything else) until the lease is signed and payment is made.

I mean to say, i thought the whole point of serving a separate copy of the summons/complaint and prejudgment claim of right to posession would be to inform 'everyone' possibly living there (All Occupants) that there is a UD filed and eviction pending; wouldn't serving the claim of right to possession also to the same named defendant open up the possibility of the defendant 'hiding' the summons and blank prejudgment claim from anyone else living there?

They remember 08-10 when everyone was afraid, there was big risk, occupancy rates stunk and financing was nonexistent.  

Average 80% occupancy rate.