We all joke that criminals are dumb...

I am going to need to listen to it a couple more times to internalize all the content.

I'm currently the GM for a welding automation company in the Oil & Gas market that is tied into a larger international manufacturing group. 

Most national brokerages have an extensive network - nationwide and international - that the average develop/investor can not compare with. 

You need to find a lender that doesn't have any internal overlays.

Banks are required to report any transaction $10k+ for routine terrorist / criminal activity checks.Sounds like a pain, going in and paying like in 1952, but shouldn't matter.

Are you in charge of background checks- do you credit and criminal, other states> do you verify, etc.What happens in a hurricane when they can't go in the house for 2 weeks?

The agent.A short sale is pretty much this in a nutshell1) Buyer is in trouble and sends hardship to bank2) Agent does analysis and comes up with price (Which is of course lower than what is owed to bank)3) Bank says, go ahead and put it on the market4) Somebody looks at house and puts in offer5) Seller accepts any offer that comes in because they want out (regardless of how much the bank loses)6) Bank takes weeks/months to pay for their own evaluation, look at how long on the market, run an internal appraisal, look and do a cost benefit analysis on the loan and property7) Bank accepts/counters or denys the offer (provided they decide to do anything at all and not just foreclose on the original borrower and take the house themselves)I have it happen monthly....

International students may do not know that and rent around the university. 

I would not consider a co-signer/guarantor if the primary tenant's income was insufficient or if they had other unfavorable traits that I thought they would be a disaster tenant living in the unit (like a prior eviction, criminal record, etc.) -- co-signers cannot help those things.