I only know of one local bank who will, and with them, it's a commercial line of credit floating at Prime + 2.5% (11% is the indexed rate) and it has to be renewed every 2 years, including a 24hr rest. 

I plan to stay in the house at least one year, possibly two.

I've been an entrepreneur for about 15 years now and since my first adventure as a entrepreneur was in a construction related trade, I consider myself very handy and somehow capable to deal with contractors.

So far, it's been a marathon for me I've had my rental for two years now and have been wanting to buy another one for the past year.

The strategies you have to use now vs 5 years ago will be different. 

If he were no longer on the note it would be a different story.As for what @Kevin Sobilo said, perhaps he's right that they could request a court order to foreclose on SCRA protected person, but it's been almost 3 years and they haven't done that either.

I don't see Poconos as a lucrative market right now.I have operated in the market for almost 7 years now with few properties.

I had an excellent recent experience with Old Republic Title, however I do not know how they do with wholesaling and such.

I recently moved to Puerto Rico from the U S.If you need a cracker-jack mortgage professional with 16 years in the bag, do give a call.

You can only collect rent from one person at a time, so if the old tenants rented it until July 31, but move out (and have paid rent) July 15, you could (with their permission) let the new tenants move in July 21.