The pictures showed that work had indeed begun but there was construction debris everywhere.June 26 - We officially  closed on the property!

Because this way the whole family (mom, dad, sissy, brother, aunts, uncles, and grandparents) can all come see Private Smith graduate and become an official Soldier in the Army for a $300 per night vs. paying for 6 hotel rooms @$120 per night. 

It is not possible for you to start the approval process until you are officially the owner. 

There may be squatter laws that now give her officially tenancy if she's been there a certain length of time or had mail delivered to the place.

If my offer is in the hunt, then the agent chats with the seller and draft up an official offer if the seller is cool with it.

If I officially rent out to them I can take advantage of even more tax benefits as a landlord while being able to clear up my DTI with the added rent income.

We made nice with all our city officials to confirm that we could in fact, still keep our listings up and advertise 30+ day stays.

We enjoyed using it and officially started renting it June 1.  

Go to sunbiz.org, the official site of the State of FL Dept of Corporations and click on "Start a Business" and then choose the entity type you want to form.

Luckily, for those of you that are wondering what it COULD have been, you could have filed a claim with the Insurance Brokers Errors and Ommissions insurance and demanded payment for declining a coverage you did officially decline.