If your lender has all the documents they need from the buyer and there are enough comps in the area, they can type the information into their system and see if it qualifies for a waiver.

Essentially meaning that any time of work you put in, be it in lead generation, submitting offers, etc, you won't see the fruits of those labors until about 90 days out.

If you submit the Deposit then the lease can start anytime in the next 14 days so long as you have completed the move-in requirements. 

My wife and I understand security measures and have no issues with providing documents for verification purposes.

The fact that you don't know how to submit an offer, speaks volumes. 

The neighborhood is not gated, but looking through the HOA documentation it isn't explicitly clear if STR is allowed.

This information helps me with preparing my income tax return, submitting information for financing, and also for doing analysis for decision making.

Then you have some kind of 3rd party documentation to prove it needed to go and you were removing it for safety reasons.If you move a mobile to it, chances are you need to install septic.....so that's $10,000 probably.   

Just be sure to get a satisfaction document signed and recorded to show this lien has been cleared when this gets paid off.

Searching the title is only the 1st step, then the documents need to be examined which can only be accurately done by an experienced examiner.