Rather, as your landlord I require you to keep the unit in habitable condition free of pests and hazards.

The other Con is these were inhabited by an elderly person on a fixed budget, so there is a ton of deferred maintenance.  

They will be inhabitable for the foreseeable future.What is the protocol with tenants?

For SFH owner inhabited home.  

Inhabiting the smaller unit, renting out the larger.

If not, it's inhabitable, codes can condemn the building. 

I wanted to say hi and a hearty thank you in advance to all here.I'm currently active duty and looking to transition into civilian life in about year.

The difference is the “boot” and subject to capital gains taxesTax return and the name of the person appearing on the title of the property sold should match, as well as on the title of the new property acquired45 day window of identification to identify up to three “like-kind” properties after closing on first one180 day purchase window- 180 from closing on first property to close purchase on new, ‘like- kind; property This may help too: This is a link to the IRS “Armed Forces’ Tax Guide https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-prior/p3--2019.pdfBut yes, two years as primary residence works, only applying to ‘active military’ if you needed to make it 15 years instead of 5 years as you were actively deployed or stationed away, making it impossible to live in the home for 2 years within the 5 ( let’s say ‘civilian’) year period and exercising the option to add 10 years.

I currently have a high paying civilian job and earn over $200K annually. 

Based on what came back on the home inspection reports, we estimated around ~10k would be enough to take care of the bare minimum to get the house in habitable conditions and up to code and all.