Originally posted by @Russell Brazil:@Carl Richardson The only work around I see is hiring the "bird dog" as a personal assistant.

Financial predators who realize up front that they are not on the note and have no risk to their credit  rip rents with no intention of fulfilling the contracts and original seller gets wiped out.

Originally posted by @Arnie Abramson:Not in Texas. 

@Jerryll NoordenI think you got it all wrong.I was replying to his original question....If he knows how to target an audience with this problem, he should continue doing sojust position himself as a buyer and not as a "specialist" who knows how to "solve their problem"Is that clearer ?

If you're looking for original art, you could consider contacting the AP art teacher at a local high school and asking them to coordinate commissioning a student to make something for you or purchasing from a student.

Just do your research and don't bid more than your original bottom line.

Yeah I cringe when I see a MERS originated mortgage, and tend to skip those when buying NPLs. 

My only backup plan if I can't get verified funds is to assume the worst and to drop my counter offer even lower than my original due to the risk I would be taking on, and then when I do my in person inspection try and guess what rents are fair market for the empty units, and ask as many tenants as I can what they pay in rents monthly.

The project will most likely end up costing us $10-15K more than we originally budgeted, this comes from being new to all this and not knowing near what we know now!

@Joseph Coleman yes when you originally posted this.