@Gina Gee  I would love to help but OC is a different animal that the mid-west. 

@Richard Bautista could be legitimate, but could also be a "churn & burn" situation.How will you know the difference - before it's too late?

So, when investing in areas they don’t really know, investors should research the different property Class submarkets.

Next, and again my current experience is in a different industry but one that's a highly dependent on Google reviews and ratings, I've found that there's always a break-even point where "paying someone off" doesn't provide enough of a return on the payoff. 

Of course, your "L" and his "L" probably stand for different names, but they are easy to remember nonetheless. 

However, while I was still getting contractor bids for different projects, I found 3 different companies that are quick (based off of their contracts and guarantees) and have good quality of work (based off of previous and current investor feedback) but come at the cost of price.

Talk to @Grant Shipman about a possible different way of marketing them to the subgroup who gets it.

No different than if the mortgage amount was more than anticipatedThe assumption here is your purchase price was going to pay off the mortgage and the other liens - If not you don’t cancel closing you let them cancel it because they cannot bring funds to closing

But my point is, each market and submarket will have differing needs.  

Differ the maintenance on the property to stop the cashflow bleed and hope for appreciation to save the day.