You are also obliged to have heating in the unit, but that doesn't mean you need to have the gas bill in your name...?

Does he have any skin in it, meaning he has any out of pocket expenses, or are they all on you?

We also have parents as co-signers, and that helps preclude neglect when the parents know they're also on the hook if little Junior destroys the place. 

At that point, you have higher income, which means can get a larger loan.But to your question, just call pretty much any bank and talk to their home loan people.

In Oregon, sales at the courthouse mean 100% cash at the time of purchase.  

I have two questions:First, I don't know what you mean by "you should not pay the Vendor for the effort you will expend to realize that potential."  

However, after discussing more with the realtor it was disclosed that the landlord was responsible for water and gas, which very much destroyed the cash flow I thought I had.

Oh, I didn't mean that I would ONLY do word of mouth, I would be posting it on craigslist and everything as well.

It literally means "death pledge.”

I know its not a lot of money, but I was hoping I'd do a 1031, but I was told that in order to be qualified for a 1031 the property should have been "for investment purposes" which usually means for rental, which it was not.Can someone clarify here?