I was living on Palm beach county for several years prior to being deployed to Italy and Japan.Ironically I was in Naples Italy another big Navy townI'm assigned to the Embassy and have been living in Tokyo for almost 4 years now.

Does anybody know if you need to live in your home for a specific amount of time prior to turning it into a rental property?

I should point out that the offers I had made were for fix and flips, prior to any news of me traveling to Japan over the summer for work.So now I’m part way into executing my original plan and I’m wondering whether or not I’m making the right choices.

Unless there is some other clause in the agreement indicating that they can't make decisions against your express instructions....you've basically given up the decision making authority via the contract.

Getting a mortgage will be troublesome.I had this on a property and ended up getting a variance prior to buying to get funding.

Normally if there were existing leases I'd say to search here for "e stoppel", and to have had that signed prior to closing.

After ordering, they will send you instructions on picking up the product.

The HUD-1 will look like you are paying an additional $7000 but seller will give you a certified check for this amount to cover those fees prior to settlement made out to the title co.

The first one of these I did the seller had filed BK and walked from the property 2 years prior.

Hey All,What are your views on buying a house from a flipper that had prior fire damage?