Toward the end of the loan process i was notified the loan was dead since I had not owned the house in my personal name for the last 6mo.I was able to find non-goverment backed loans for this but only at a 15 yr term. 

Good points, I figured disclosing child support timeline would be part of the process.

Once you see a trend and feel more comfortable with the whole process you’ll get better and faster and you might even think of getting a bridge loan of some sorts to go bigger faster.This way you can also figure out if your line of thought is heading towards a way where you can make better decisions on a property purchase or not.Should this whole thing go south in whatever way, you can always resell the furniture and go back to zero.

Also when listing a recently renovated property of mine I would like to have more control over the process.

I started the eviction process too late and kept granting continuances at the eviction to give her more time to find a place. 

But you can circumvent this all buy just buying the assets and reselling that is what you want to do.But keep poking around I am sure something will gel for you .. . but do check out Gary.. you will be amazed at all the low end real estate.. and then your next thought process will be WHY HOW WHy and how can I buy homes for under 5k each..

That said, we will likely combine the HOAs in the process.

Making it a more challenging process. 3.

Can anyone guide me through the process of buying a house without an agent and what I need to look for.

@Evan Barney I have had and currently have clients going the 203k route with home purchases here in CT and from those experiences I think the following is important:Be sure to use a real estate agent that has experience navigating the 203k process from offer submission until close.