Was this an investment or an opportunity to help your father.And John is right, there are other ways to establish it as investment tax treatment wise. 

In a large apartment building, yes, 30 or even 60 days is common but not on a SFR.You stated that you disclosed to your sellers that you would be or maybe assigning to another buyer.

The most common way for the city to find that out is information on where mail goes.

Here are some examples of where "substantially the same" might come into play: You identify an undivided 2.05% tenant in common interest in a property but you actually end up acquiring a 3.05% interest in the property. 

The renter was just overall disrespectful of the space and took advantage of things where they could there's a lot more to it than that but I'm trying to keep things short, Ish.I have a folder of basic House Rules like a lights out time and we all should be aware that sound travels, basic stuff.But one particular thing that urged me asking her to leave was I came home from a real estate job around 2am to a pot on the stove that was at a rolling boil and a pan in the oven, meanwhile she is asleep.Going off this it makes me feel like I need to put a rule down for every little thing even though it seems common sense not to leave cooking food unattended.Does anyone have any advice for some house rules that they have created that they would like to share?

It is my understanding that the tenant/buyer is commonly someone who either needs to improve their credit and/or needs to save up for a downpayment.

It's possible the landlord has a separate account to power common areas but not sure of the set up there.

Taking the $50,000 with 8% guaranteed return example, it is true that a preferred lender has the right to get 8% guaranteed return before anyone else (basically taking $50,000 to give a $54,000 lien), but we commonly do see a structure where they have a buyout option at a future date. 

It's not "common" but can happen.

From what I have read , I am gathering that Direct Mailing is one of the least commonly used (but can garner high responses if you work at it) methods in finding leads.