When looking at properties for sale are you also looking for local rents on a different site to get a feel for the area market (which sites)?

If you close in your name and transfer the deed after it is a SALE this can trigger the lender to call the loan, you can't get insurance to match the note and they check.

Purchase price: $120,000 Sale price: $251,000 This beautiful brick duplex was purchased in the summer of 2023 for $120,000 and initially was a buy/hold, but my partners and I decided to flip it and reinvest the money elsewhere.

How are things structured legally so that upon my purchase of the motel building and property, the deposits on the condo pre-sales are released to me?

There may be some commercial products that can value the SFR off the NOI and cap rate, but I am not aware of any on the market. 

You need to look at what the sales price is of the home, cost of renos and after reno value to decide if it is worth it. 

I’m not sure where your source gets its data, however, I’m directly pulling data from posted sales in the MLS.

Since then, we found another duplex and managed to get it under contract on a short sale.

I also like to ask where they are going next and if they would need the proceeds from the sale of the home in order to buy their next one, whether or not they owe any money on the home, and who all is on the title other than the person on the line.

The timeframe would depend on your sales and communication skills.