Reason being her delay in gathering funds for an unexpected higher brokers fee than initially discussed.

If it's a deal, buyers will be available to you with minimal marketing.

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What I've found so far is you can do cash out delayed financing within 6 months of the purchase.

Unless there is minimal landscaping, the water bill sounds low to me.  

Even if you never sell the note, you will have minimized risk and increased yield over time.

The only time delay I've encountered is just getting money moved around.  

It might be worth delaying investment and renting the short term to purchase a nice 2-4 multifamily on an FHA loan and do some house hacking for the first investment.  

If you file a big claim, the company will be looking for ways to not pay or to minimally pay.

So I saw a house and it was nice minimal work is needed.