In the meantime, I had to urgently travel internationally and expected to be out of pocket for a month or so.

After paying the standard 3% earnest money into Escrow the buyer then cancelled the contract and demanded the deposit back.

The first fixer-upper or two will be a bit of a learning curve for all parties, your contractor will begin to get a better sense of the type of rehab you do and soon you'll be able to more or less standardize them over time which helps you get accurate estimates.

My standard lender won’t go above jumbo for this, but our home will appraise for much more and I would love the cash to continue investing.Thank you!

Pest control is a biggie, too.I married a first gen immigrant, and while we were dating, he lived in grad student housing that was mostly occupied by international students, and I also had friends growing up living in married student housing at another major university. 

It's becoming the standard in commercial installations.

Not because they were way out of their lane and trying to buy a house they truly couldnt afford but because banks have raised the bar really high for buying standards now.

I have several clients that work internationally, but buy here in the US so it is not impossible to do.

If you market is students interns or young professionals put it on the school website for graduate students if they have one.

Decided/approved by the law makers and added to the Internal Revenue Code.