I refuse.. flat out.. that stops them in their tracks.. then I tell them we have first American  Fidelity WFG  TIcor Chicago take your pic I have closers at each that you just send the docs there and you know my files skinny as they are I can pop in sign in 5 minutes and leave.. they run that up the flag pole and will comply.I fell for the mobile notary one time in NYC when I was at my daughters wedding and that cost me 350 bucks I about came unglued on that one.. never again nothing against those folks but I have all those title companies on one street 5 minutes from my home base.. and I know all the senior closers on first name basis so for ME and I know I am not one off but that's how I do it..   

Or you’re leaving the debtor with a pile of cash they’ll have to deal with in BK.

Do I have them vacated at closing and replace with higher paying tenants, or do I leave them in there for a little while I get my feet under me?

Better trust leads to better communication and a smoother transaction, leaving me more time to go get the next deal.

I worry it'll be difficult to fill if/when the current tenants leave, and if it does flood again, I worry it'll be impossible to sell without taking a loss (thus wiping out any cash-flow gains).What are your thoughts?

So your deal/value add would need to be significant in order to get your seed funds back out and leave the required 20% in.

One loophole I came across while looking at this option was that if you receive PCS or deployment orders, you may leave and break this clause (just as you can break an apartment or rental lease).

While doing that rehab, I ran Into the neighbor (who Is a renter) and they saId they were leaving because the owner of the house is behind on the mortgage and has 3 liens, whIch Is true.

FWIW, in Orleans Parish (county), it happens when a person refuses to leave after an eviction order and the sheriff accompanies the property owner/manager to the property. 

Im looking at doing a refi on my primary to do down payment and up dating on a rental...once updates complete on rental should rent for 800 leaving  400 a month cashflow...my thoughts are to build up 6 months of rent for problems arising on the rental..then pay myself back putting the extra dollars to paying off my primary home quicker