Your life~the way it looks today is a result of your choices...What will you choose today for your tomorrows?""

Be persistent and polite and continue to engage with the inspections department to try to get an idea of when they will be able to inspect, or an alternative way to seek their approval to close up!

Apts are still the best-looking CRE compared to alternatives (excepting maybe leased out industrial).

Are there any alternatives to keeping it in a bank?

I kind of had no choice with some of the rehab options being that the interior of the house was stripped down to the studs.

@Kevin SobiloIf you had a choice right now with refi options drying up and values likely dropping, would it make sense to simply get a purchase loan (3.8% for 30 yrs) and pay for repairs in cash. 

I would love some advice from the BP community on whether going in on this with a conventional loan is an okay play, or if there are far better alternatives (hard money maybe?)

I made my choice based on tech industry job prospects, and suggestions from friends that it was a great city.

Also called an AITD or All Inclusive Trust Deed; the buyer is using the "wrap" loan to make payments to the seller, who in turn continues paying on his original loan while deeding the property to the buyer; the original lender must agree to waive the "due on sale" provision in the original loan; can be an alternative when seller financing won't work because of the seller's loan on the property; original lender may grant permission for a "wrap" to be created; the buyer may qualify to assume the original loan; getting permission to "wrap" from lenders is not easy; there is a temptation for buyers and sellers to create undisclosed wrap agreements; lenders may commission ongoing research of title records looking for undisclosed liens; if discovered, the original lender can foreclose on the seller and the buyer would lose everything, including their down payment.

@Nick Seginowich. https://fordbergner.com/legal-practice-areas/texas-probate/alternatives/Check this out.