I would certainly advertise that and add pictures and themed items to house.

Looking forward to reviewing these options.Here's the PA law: https://clsphila.org/housing/security-deposits-in-pa/Any bank account will work.

The 2 best ones I know of are:- House Hacker Mafia (https://www.meetup.com/house-hacker-mafia-real-estate-invest...)- Colorado Springs REIA (https://www.meetup.com/colorado-springs-real-estate-investor...)Hope to see you at one of them!

build to rent is great. they are an intermediary that help investors contract direct with turn key new build. they are pretty sophisticated we have sold a house so far and we are looking to sell other multifamily with them. there is a vetting process and as an intermediary they don't control construction they help vet builders and establish relationships. they have a big team. the other builder I've never heard of but unless you can see your house I wouldn't touch it. rent to retirement has a strict policy of 90 days until certificate of occupancy until they will send a deal out they are good at what they do and I'd recommend them. they have options all over the country and established relationships.

After the new home is built, I plan to sell our primary house.

I see that you recommend NOT having my mom deed the house over to me in order to borrow against it.

Quote from @Daniel Tanasa: Hello Terry, If you're looking to find houses that are in pre-foreclousure you can use a website like www.foreclosure.com and you can get the list of properties and start marketing to them. 

My plan is to sell my primary home in New York and purchase a house to live in South Carolina.

You could have bought a house, or several, that would have doubled in value.

if you were only going to rent out a portion of the house as an STR that portion would have to be worth more than your exchange as well.