She mentioned to me that items under the property to secure the foundation was not completed and began to tell me what was wrong.

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Obviously that secures my house to the loan, but it would basically keep me from draining my savings account to throw in a 20% down payment.

What do you do to ensure that the tenant is responsible for security deposit disputes since that is the largest reason for owner lawsuitsHow familiar are you with the newly changed laws that can affect you the owner if they are not used correctly?. 

You’re probably very limited in what you can do until they’ve officially over stayed. 

He'll know contracts and the value well, but the transaction can still be closed directly at a title or attorneys office without official brokerage listing or commissions paid to anyone. 

are they secured by reverse mortgages ?  

What do you do to ensure that the tenant is responsible for security deposit disputes since that is the largest reason for owner lawsuitsHow familiar are you with the newly changed laws that can affect you the owner if they are not used correctly?. 

I am okay holding it but wanted to issue a "holding deposit" that would turn into part of security deposit at lease signing, but if for some reason they back out it could semi- recoup the cost of holding and not advertising. 

For example, you buy the place and the tenant could claim the Seller allowed them to paint the walls black or that their security deposit was twice what the Seller claimed.