The fact is that anyone who takes, leads, or carries away the property of another with the intent to convert it to their own use or deprive the owner of it is committing a crime. 

Having the seller carry a second is not a problem for the first, as long as their business with you is finished and the loan has closed.

I wasn’t prepared to lose so much of my savings as carrying cost basically I paid for the tenants to live there for 3 months + my own living expenses in that time.

But having those rules on paper was like carrying a big stick—great to wield when needed but mostly a deterrent.

Can you carry the property for the construction period?

Do DSCR loans qualify if purchasing through 1031 w/debt-carry-forward requirements?

The biggest win seems to be the fact that investors will be able to buy existing STR's and carry on with the business.

If they leave is the market really good or how many months will you need to carry the other rental unit's costs? 

Is Japan a good place to carry out that strategy?

I can have multiple one use code for contractors so I can control access without physically going there.You do not need to carry the key, just need to keep track all codesMain disadvantage is that the locking requires the door to close properly, otherwise the tenant may not know the door is not licked.