Some people offer as low as $100 and the state will accept it, giving them either the tax certificate or the tax deed (depending on the timeframe).

Depending on location, I'd check with US Bank and/or Banner Bank, for starters.

You may do better than VA loan depending on your income and where you buy.   

Could be civil and/or criminal depending on the transaction.

Depends if you are legitimately disputing all, or a portion.

The CoC return could be better in my opinion, but really depends on what your goals are.  

Hi Jordan,It depends on what area you are specifically looking for help or advice on but the general term here from my perspective is risk assessment and aversion.

less than 24 months most 5% banks won't talk to you, you can work with a mortgage bank and get about 7%. depending on the appraisal value and putting down 30% you will be ok for a refinance but having them appraise for 30% more to take out the full OPM may prove difficult. 

Then you take the distribution from the custodial account.You must plan for RMD, depending on how much cash you have left, the amount of RMD and the net income (rent minus expenses) you may run out of cash.

@David Boley you will still need to file state taxes for any income you earned in the second state though -- depending on the state.