The nice thing about it is that it can only be used on Finger Hut so you can't really do anything with the line of credit, your utilization will stay at 0% and that line of credit with give you a nice little immediate boost to your score.A Secure credit card through a credit Union is another great way to boost your credit.

Also, have you been able to achieve a blanket loan secured against multiple properties to avoid multiple closings? 

Securing lending for an LLC will be more difficult and expensive, especially on your first deal.

So, slowly, they under-cut each other over time until consumer offered rates fall to where they "should" be if you just think it tracks 1-to-1 with mortgage backed securities or t-notes (or whatever you believe it is "pegged" to, as if we didn't live in a capitalist society).

Turns out the Tenants were from California, they found the property for rent on Craigslist, and offered 6 months of rent up front; on top of the Security Deposit. 

I have their security deposit as their lease was supposed to end in june.

With the water supply lines underneath the home, it's important to wrap them in heat tape and make sure the skirting is always secure.

Since there is no written rental agreement, you'll definitely want to obtain an estoppel certificate before you close to confirm important details of the tenancy (i.e. how much the monthly rent is, whether or not the tenant paid a security deposit and if so how much, who pays utilities, who owns the appliances, etc).Then, after you take ownership you can have the tenant sign your own rental agreement. 

Security cameras that go to the cloud and remote meters for the water.

Just take a 5-10% down to secure the option to buy.