I'm of a similar notion as Andrew; make sure you thoroughly document the status of the interior (photos, video, etc) and make sure that your actions are compliant with your state landlord-tenant laws; sounds like you've given enough time as far as providing notice and when the police were able to enter the unit as part of that eviction process, you have to now look into storing the prior tenant's items in a way that is in accordance with local abandoned property laws.

That notion got me thinking about floating vinyl plank, which I've only installed once, in a kitchen.

@Kevin Keili'd challenge the notion that you have been priced out of the market. 

Jon Joseph, You said you have a lot of reserve, my advice to you is to totally abandon this property and any notion of buying it.

I think you should revisit the notion of what wholesaling is.

Seemingly, this notion will curb future home building with too many investors cashing-out of their investments flooding the market.

To avoid income taxes, you could have your self-directed IRA or 401K be the purchaser of the asset in the first place; those are tax sheltered.Then there is the notion of "trading" property using the 1031 exchange; the 1031 exchange allows for deferral of capital gains on property held as an investment.

They will tell you to "clear your cup" - i.e. disregard any preconceived notions about real estate and becoming an entrepreneur in general.

Every industry has wholesalers....the bananas we eat passes through series of wholesalers before it gets into the stores....It is only fraud when a bank makes a decision based on wrong information provided by agents, appraisal, buyer or sellers....However, the notion that flipping a short sale at an "artificially inflated price" is just one way their legal armies are using to frustrate the common investor.By the way, there is nothing called an artificially inflated price in a free market ....buyers and sellers are free to negotiate any price they want and as long as a buyer is willing to pay what i'm asking, because he feels i'm providing him value for the service of getting him a good deal, then there is nothing artificial in that....Where were all these restrictions when they were mass producing these bad mortgages and re-packaging them to be sold on wall street and exported all over the world?

I do love the notion that a small guy start-up can get stuff done if he has a brain.