Moth balls are nauseating and hazardous which is going to cause you more complaints.

Feel free to give me/us an update once you get the ball rolling. 

A third party will force an additional layer of accountability and precision vs. one person doing it themselves.

Anyone in the Twin Cities area please feel free to invite me to any meet-ups or events, if not, don't worry I'll pick up the ball once I get the hang of it.

Sorry Alex, I did not see your post until now (it's a busy week here ... as in most university towns).That is precisely how we handle individual rooms.  

So what I'm looking for from you, the greatest RE community, is some guidance on which strategy I should go with, and / or more details about HUD homes.I'd love to connect with people who have:Gone through the process of buying a HUD home (so I could get a step-by-step)An agent that specializes in HUD homes (I've heard too many stories of unqualified agents dropping the ball)Experience in the University Heights market (I've been looking on the west side mostly)Experience with FHA / 203(k) loans (to go over finer details)I would be extremely grateful if anyone could help at all.

The loan was quicken loans, and I feel their appraiser just dropped the ball, saw it was too difficult and moved on to the next one.

Once you get that ball rolling you can decide if it's worth it or not.

Its a good deal and the numbers makes sense, I can wholesale, or fix and flip. now that the seller has mutiple offers he fills he is in a good position so I must play tough ball. 

My crystal ball sees you in a single family home in a nice town in Westchester somewhere.