Your son, being deployed, might use the 2-out-of-15-year rule for the capital gains exclusion when selling the house.

Waiving the inspection contingency and not performing an inspection aren't mutually exclusive.

The sec121 exclusion of $500k for married is very powerful tax benefit. 

You will have to get your ejectment order to be completely safe, or pay off one of the heirs to let you take possession peaceably, and then wait out three years of exclusive and continuous possession (which means someone actually on the property using it, usually a tenant) before you have adversely possessed it and "cured" the void tax sale.

Hey Diran, I live north of you in the Central Coast.But I invest almost exclusively in Detroit.The pros to out of state investing are many... you can literally go anywhere.

@Agustin Rossi  The Home Must Be Your Principal ResidenceTo qualify for the exclusion, you must have used the home you sell as your principal residence for at least two of the five years prior to the sale.

Hey Ryan,I invest in Sudbury ontario exclusively BRRRing multi family properties.

Besides getting together as women only group does not make it mutually exclusive.

Home office expenses might be deductible if the home office is used exclusively and regularly for the business.

Then, you sell and keep the profits tax-free because of the capital gains exclusion.