Fast forward 3 months..ready to either sell it on the market..or...since it's yours ...start hunting for a tenant ( don't do it...just flip it honestly, renting out SFR is by far...just silly..having one tenant really??

You could keep at what you are doing and pay the notes down as fast as you can and use the $200k to help get you there.

Many offices will have showers/changing rooms, because workers go to sleep in their car (it's got a fold-out bed in it, right?)

Conditon of apartment is at time you take possession, so do a walkthru on that apartment within the first week or so of ownership.Ask owner to send or drop off to tenant letter of change of ownership this is usually done day of closing, and you also send or drop off letter of introduction including where and how to pay rent, and emergency service contact info. 

So since my girlfriend is currently on title and has owned the property for 16 years, we could save a big chunk of change versus an investor right?

But there is no hard and fast rule about how long it needs to be your primary residence.

I just got an email from the husband mentioning his work schedule was changed and he wondered if it would be ok that just his wife did the walk-through.Not to be so conservative, but in today's litigious society, I feel a bit at risk with only myself and the female spouse doing the walk-through without the husband present.I'm sure I'm not the only one to face this dilemma.What is your experience BP?

I do not want half fast pluming jobs that lead to leaks and issues down the road so I am willing to pay a bit extra on this trade.

Everything else I learned has been small stuff to change in each new flip.

If you just bought a primary home this year, you should be pretty good to afford to buy another rental property (unless something has drastically changed since then).