@Steve Olafson Yes, different strokes and all that.

I am not saying it can't be done with no money because there are always those deals that fall of the turnip truck on 101 in the Salinas valley.. however CA has very many well funded and liquid investors so can stroke checks.. those are your competition for the best deals.. most folks who have this dream never get anywhere because they go about it wrong.. they don't line up the money... and when your seller wants a 10k EM check upon acceptance of contract your squeezed. because that's what your competition is going to offer.. like I said its not that it can't get done but your already severely limited when you have no ability to close a deal on your own and your relying on a 3rd party..

 $650 a month cash flow is tight and will probably end in you stroking a check every month.why do you think the rents are so low?  

The seller is a nephew of the previous resident who had a stroke, which affected his mental faculties.

@Brian Simmons offers a good suggestion as well - a reverse exchange which while more costly than a straight exchange is infinitely cheaper than stroking that tax check.

I was a long haul driver until April 2015, my wife had a stroke and I had to be off work and take care of home with money depleting fast and on our way to homeless status its a all in moment.

If that were in place,   it would not affect the screening criteria,  except that you would have to track the order that applicants filed (following a complex bureaucratic process of course) and process them in order,  including granting appeals, accomodations (for example for non-english speakers) and re-evaluations that could take days.I'm sure there are more details I'm missing,  but thats the broad strokes.     

At one time, I had a database of sold properties with all the information I would need but now I am in the middle of an estate matter for my mother who had a stroke and appointed me P.O.A.

Three months later I had a stroke.  

Good day all, I just started a new chapter in my life after a life altering event, a year ago my wife suffered a severe stroke that left her Quadraplegic and Vent dependent, she's now recovering but as a truck driver I had to come off the road, looking for field-training, and other creative minds to bounce ideas.If you'd like to get together for coffee/or tea I'm more than interested, Metro Area pleaseCarl M