Getting the sellers profiles sounds good, but not generally allowed.This might bight you later when the platforms realize you are not the original owners.I'd get everyone's contact info and tell them you are setting up new profiles under your name with your bank account etc. and ask them to rebook under the new profiles.Then I would offer discount pricing to start with to get more reviews and build your brand.

I have a discount set up of 15% for the 60-ish days, and based on Beyond Pricing, those days are in low demand. 

David Greene makes a video about once a quarter on the BP podcast showing how to do this and usually he gives out a discount code for BP premium.If you need the MLS do you have a friend with access that you can do comps with?

As housing gets more expensive, buyers may have to buy condos/townhomes as their first home so don't discount the future of your journey, now.

Also, we all have about the same rates - so pick someone you like and you have confidence in.If you have a lender with substantially lower rates than everyone else, you are paying for that rate in the form of origination fees and discount points.

Further, a Heloc earns interest on a Simple Interest basis on average daily balance through the month in contrast to a traditional mortgage that earns its interest on a straight line method 30 days in area's on the outstanding principle balance. 

The agent isn't probably negotiating a steep discount with a builder. 

They prefer private lenders, they do the PM and the reno, they pay 5.6% the first year for one class of investor, and a straight 10% for another class (with no upside for those folks).

Point being - you don't know what you don't know about what you are buying at foreclosures - so you are getting that discount for taking that risk.I would also point out that at 8% interest - VERY LITTLE cash flows well.  

Regarding a refinance on a sub2, are there any special conditions or is it straight forward like a normal refinance?