"Rent Ready" for a tenant and "Move in Ready" for an owner occupant are two completely different things.

Mar of next year. ) i am looking at starter homes that range between $90k and $120k i will have about $35k-$40k of my own money for a down payment and could possibly need as much as $20k  i could save up the $20k in about 8 months. that would move my purchase back to December ishwhat are everyone's thoughts? 

I'd also talk to the current owner, so if they want, they can let the tenants in that unit know.Hopefully you are getting their deposits transferred to you (it is the tenants' money and you will have to pay it back in full when they go because you don't know the condition of the unit when they moved in). 

@Brian Freeman I’m sorry to hear you went through this; sounds like best to just get out of that property and the vendors to move on to bigger and better things

The key is "path of progress" and "growth markets". 

You may as well move into that market (By the way that's what we did in one market- we moved)Regarding hiring a buyer's agent, a lawyer and an inspector to do pre-inspections before you decide to make an offer- Buyer's agent and a lawyer fine.

The other thing to note, and o don’t remember each counties rules off the top of my head but in some counties you lose the ability to rent the adu if you move out & it’s not owner occupied.

I'm trying to decide when or if I should transition from "building the portfolio" and acquiring properties and move to paying down the loans and building cash flow. 

If a permit is required, apologize, file the paperwork, pay the fine, and move forward.

My presentations were geared towards new construction, but there are ways to improve existing homes as well.The main keys are to understand how energy (heat/cold) moves through houses and how to eliminate the weak links in heat loss/gain.