If you are working for Norada, you should publicly declare that.

I'm now courting builders for plans and estimates, narrowing down to few I've shortlisted. 

Then when you go to court if they don’t pay you have proof they’ve been informed of the problem.

The owner has to appeal that assessment in the courts and the judge will apply the CLR of 54.5% in 2024.

Your "occupancy" requirement when purchasing a home with a VA loan is that it is your declared, primary home for 12 months. 

The first involved a court case between myself and partners regarding two multi families that had been friends for years, and the second the bank had to get involved to kick one partner off a mortgage due to gross neglect and abandonment.

So that is more a way you can still lose the house, even though you thought you bought it.We have had an owner declare bankruptcy on the day of the sale, but the sale went through due to the late filing.  

(more than half of that is cook county IL court fees and such).

Also read your lease as if tenant could easily see damage being done and did not report it, they may be liable, not sure how that works in court if it comes to it, especially if you didn’t perform inspections that would have found it.

Once you start changing the rules because you get good or bad vibes from a potential tenant, you can get yourself in serious hot water and end up in court for a fair housing violation.