Some of these loans (or even the lenders themselves) have or will sell at a discount, and to the new buyer (maybe a loan to own buyer?)

After all, County Assessor Gail McCann Beatty just straight up perjured herself during this whole mess. https://www.kctv5.com/2024/07/09/homeowners-call-jackson-cou...So for now we'll just have to wait and see. 

Straight-up rent-by-the-room?

I have reached out to sellers FSBO in the past and just went straight through them.

As mentioned above, you can get a par rate at no discount points, but you can also get above par and get the lender to credit you to cover closing costs.

Here are my four main goals:Goal 1: Buy and Hold in Developing Areas (Texas)I plan to invest in underdeveloped areas where I see growth potential, buying at a discount now and holding for long-term appreciation as development takes place.Goal 2: Wholesaling Discounted Homes (Texas)I’m also thinking of wholesaling properties in those same areas.

if you're using mailers to generate responses, your VA will have a much higher conversion rate than straight cold calling.

For accurate info on the property, you have to sort through public records straight from the auditors page and every county's page is different. 

We would have been better off discounting the rent 7% and finding tenants that would respect our property and rent year after year.  

And then looking for rental properties that you can buy for a discount and that cash flow too.