Often you make money on appreciation and rental growth will occur over time.

The security reason mentioned by @Steve Rozenberg hadn't occurred to me, so thanks Steve for pointing that out.

Nice to know this is occurs everywhere.

You need to insure against a worst-case scenario: A wrongful death that occurs at one of your properties.

Your PM should have filed eviction after month 1, month 2 if he was "working out any mis-communications" that occured during title transfer.

The wisest man who ever lived laid the groundwork for a value that every serious investor needs to consider when he advised people to “divide your portion to seven, or even to eight, for you do not know what misfortune may occur on the earth.”

Most agreements state that closing must occur under the wording "on or about" a certain date.  

@Tom Gimer very true.. so I think the lis pendens and tortious interference is the way to go if indeed the circumvention occurs.

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Also, there is someone in the house to avoid vandalism or squatters. and it quits being our problem at all.It occurred to me this afternoon that she might have to pay capital gains on the sale if we do that, but I don't know if the 2 out of 5 years rule is still in force, which would let her mostly off the hook.