Maybe there are statistical models that predict C% loans getting paid off in full & sooner more frequently than D%, so Wall Street pays a premium for mortgage  backed securities with more of D% in it, which is passed onto the consumer in the form of D% being offered for merely 0.3 more than C%.

I calculate the cost of each turnover for the specific unit, including laundry, consumables, cleaner, etc. and then make this my "cleaning fee".

This is one of the reasons why I believe teaming up with a mortgage banker over a bank or credit union is more beneficial to investors and consumers.

@David Morgan, it sound like your thinking is solid to me from a consumer side of things.

While it's a modest monetary cushion, it's been great practice for landlord-ing and VRBO-ing one day.Thanks again for taking the time to respond to my inquiry and share your two cents with a newbie.

I  have no experience in the field of real estate and have just been consuming every bit of info I can from BP (which has helped a lot.)I have been listening to podcasts, signing up for every webinar, analyzing deals daily using the calculators. and have recently purchased a few books from the site that I will begin soon. 

I would focus on repairing your credit. see a specialist (faster) or open credit cards little by little and pay them off each month. im not saying increase your spending, just saying instead of buying that tank of gas in cash use a cc and immediately pay it off. while your credit is repairing, start banking cash. build a budget and stick to it. 80K a year is good money, make it a goal of yours to retain as much of it as possible i.e. don't eat out, don't go to the local pub, drive a modest paid off car etc. once your credit is up and savings is up, use the 80k a year plus savings to get leverage. then use that leverage to buy your properties. if your looking for a get rich quick scheme, id advise u skip over RE. don't get me wrong, you can make money fast by flipping homes but you didn't mention having experience in that area so I assume you don't. another option if your really in a hurry is to find a partner with experience and cash, and see if you can buy into one of his/hers deals. you would have to market yourself for this and see what type of skills they may need that you have. maybe you can buy in and use your web development skills to beef up and/or maintain your partners website saving them money on outsourcing. that might be your ticket into a partnership. since you mentioned your helping your friend, maybe you can partner with him?

Secondly, depending on your state laws (and left coast consumer laws won't help you)  the old "hold a QCD to avoid having to foreclose" usually won't stand up in court.....referred to as "circumventing foreclosure laws".I'm sure your market there is competitive, so the worst he'd probably do at foreclosure is the property sells for $600-$700k and he walks with $400-$500k cash.....probably much better than you'll do for him.

I think the most time consuming part will be writing the shipping addresses by hand.

So caution.. if you use them... make sure you have a for real deal.. plus their fee's are of course since its 100% financing at the very top of what HML cost.. one thing I like to recommend those looking for 100% financing is just get a money partner give them the lions share for them putting up the money.. you don't risk money and you start to build your experience and credentials then after a few you can go to a regular HML like lending home that will do 80% or 90% with only a modest 190.00 fee up front.also since you made this post you will probably get private messages from the scammers that work BP telling you your all approved but then just wanted you to send them 500.00 bucks etc.. to show your serious or some other bull crap... also facebook and linkdin are loaded with those crooks.. they are nothing but totally scammers they don't lend they have no money they just try to hook you for the small up front fee then will go dark on you... think lottery scams and other Jamacian and Nigerian prince scams.