A stomach issue I had for several months turned to a burst gallbladder that had gangrene going into my blood stream.

If you have a family where "blood is thicker than water" applies, there are many things you can do. 

The longer they've been in the game the more they know because if they're still in the game after all that time they're successful, and it has taken blood, sweat and tears.

The rehab costs to just to rich for my blood but I totally agree with you on Casa Grande!

This is compounded when you are dealing with a distressed seller because you, "Can't get blood from a turnip" and they are largely judgment-proof.

Here in NY, it's like pulling blood from a stone.

It might be a bit tricky, an underwriter might smell blood in the water, so I’d speak with a mortgage broker who owns real estate about this one.Let us know what you’re able to come up with.

Sure, it might make it a tad tougher, and you generally will have to pay a slightly higher rate BUT you can work with a lender like Finance Of America for example or other more friendly investor lenders who MOSTLY focus on the asset itself vs your first born child, hair and blood samples etc just to get a loan.   

A lot of folks here on BP were able to BRRR like crazy when there was blood in the streets.

Save yourself money, potential hair-loss, and blood pressure spikes; go with someone else.