Utilities:  Since the lease was to expire on the 30th of the current month and new tenant arrives on the 1st of the month, there would have been no gap in utilities between tenants.  

I would be signing necessary documents/Lease at thepoint of my arrival because i have got no printer and scanner herewith me.HERE ARE THE DETAILS NEEDED***Full Name:***Street Address,City,State,Zip Code:***Cell & Home #:***Total amount for move in: Kindly get back to me with the details requested so that i can getit across to my father to issue out the check for the deposit andmonth rent upfront asap, with that you can hold on the place prior myarrival.Thanks for your co-operation.

From experience I know that military moves are fast paced and stressful so I did a few things to ease their transition;Made sure they left Illinois with keys already in hand even though their lease wasn't officially started so they wouldn't have to go to a hotel or wait to link up with my agent for keys if they arrived at odd hours.Left Directv hooked up and operational so they could keep the kids entertained during unloading.Sent a large fresh fruit and snacks basket from Wine Country Gifts so they could have something immediately coming off of road trip food.Left them some furniture so they wouldn't have to get everything unloaded right away just to have a place to sit and relax after a long trip.Left them recommendations for the best vet in the area in case they had problems with their pets upon arrival.Just little things that I hope made for a little less stressful day 1.

@Graeme Ford, my pleasure, and happy to share more gems like this when you arrive!

When my handyman and myself arrived they pretended to not be home. 

The rest of the $7.5k for rent was paid via cashiers check upon arrival.  

Looking for a roofer to fix an issue before El Nino arrives. 

My goal is to purchase my first multi-family home in and around the Tampa area when I arrive. 

OR @Bill Jacobsen arrived at their numbers, but just on what's been said on this particular thread so far, my advice, Ricardo, if you are thinking about this as a flip, push to get the place at Bill's price, or don't look at flip as one of your exit strategies on this deal.  

The day of closing (today) he arrives for the walk through late.