So he sends me an email back this morning with the advice his attorney gave him and now I am completely stumped.. meaning I don't even know what to say back or how to reply to what he says here is the exact email he sent me this morning after speaking to his attorney, " Hello,I spoke with my attorney yesterday, and what you have presented would be a good idea if I was in financial trouble, or had a property I was unable to sell.

He seemed to think that it was likely the Council would not approve my application for the special use permit simply because they didn't have a plan in place to regulate STRs and wouldn't want to open that can of worms.Because we are not willing to do business in a city that cannot give us a license we sold the house and found one in the county that did have a process in place, and now we are approved and in business.Moral of the story is that just because a city does not have any restrictions against STRs does not mean that they actually have a process in place to license them.

Once I have a whole map covered, I only have to look at the map once or twice per day to see if anything new popped up (on Redfin, light green means you clicked on it already.  

That means find a house where there aren't going to be any hidden issues with very expensive things (i.e. foundation, roof, mechanicals), and get a good inspector to make sure they agree with your assessment before buying.

Thankfully, none of my properties flooded (although that doesn't mean there wasn't any damage). 

Hi Quinton,This may or may not be applicable to you, but if by "unemployed" you mean "on temporary disability, but my job is waiting for me when I get better, and we have an estimated return to work date," than this would be a scenario where ADA trumps ATR and you can still get a traditional mortgage.Fannie guideline on long-term/permanent disability, on social security disability, and on what may be applicable to you: "temporary leave income," which includes short term medical disabilities.For that last one:Just like women/men on maternity/paternity/pregnant leave, a gap between temporarily reduced income due to medical condition, and your normal income, can be made up for using asset depletion.

What I mean is do I sent a letter to the previous owner?

That could mean paying a bit more, paying the title policy, giving a low-cost lease back, or something else that's attractive to the seller.I hope this is informative.

I work for LendingHome, which means I cannot get a loan from LH, and am in the process of finding another lender.

I actually moved up to Tennessee from the Auburn area which has a Tuscaloosa as well but I can assume you mean the one near Birmingham haha.