You can do some sort of magic by not requiring them to fix things that come up in the inspection, but you'll have to fix those issues anyways.Ultimately I think if you just have everything lined up and make your first offer what you honestly want the property for, that's your best bet.

I bet just being around the young girl (with the kitten) you mentioned is a violation of his probation. 

This is important; if you and your fiance have a good earnings stream of income, this can be a good bet to get you into the property market and own a home/be a landlord with a nice low downpayment.Hope this helps!

Your attorney is right getting a quit claim would be your best bet but getting Fannie to sign that will be like pulling teeth.

And I wasn't going to do less than a week but realized, since I am not very booked up right now, that offering 3 nights or more would get me some weekend people and some reviews, and i can charge the same cleaning fee after 3 nights or 7 nights and my cleaning lady is just as happy to have more work.Of course, I don't have as nice a house as you, I would bet!

I'm confident I can assign this for a quick 8-10k to one of my contractor buyers however I'm wondering if I may be passing up a better option by purchasing and doing light rehab and sell on rent to own or if I may be better to look to sell on sweat equity.  

I bet you could get some great referrals for lawyers in the area on here too. 

As @Brian Burke says, might as well go to Vegas and bet on red:)

I skew more to Lesley and Jeremiah, while Alan and Jeff T would rather hold on to a safer bet with a lower yield.

Probably better bets for new construction and value add deals.