Quote from @Thomas McPherson: Quote from @Brenden Stadelman: I work wholesale in central Indiana and have a full sales team.

That said, if you can afford it and have the reserves, and more importantly think you have a decent chance of increasing revenue with the vacant units then I'd probably go for it.

@LaTonya Clark “One  can’t tell but I do know part of me is willing to take a chance”…You make it sound as if real estate investing is no different than gambling….

From an email I received from FF:New year, new rental goals! There’s never been a better time to step into the booming mid-term rental market. Since you’ve shown interest in listing your property with Furnished Finder...

You’ll have 45 days from your sale to identify them and you’ll have to buy enough of them, and only them, within 180 days of your sale to meet your 1.1M requirement, or face taxes.

Purchase price: $275,000 Cash invested: $294,000 Sale price: $355,000 The property is a 2 bed 2 bath with a den and a 1 car garage.

There's a good chance the issue(s) you face has already been discussed and answered.Ask questions in the appropriate forum.

You have a far better chance trying to sell to an individual than targeting hedge funds.

They would be resistant to a short sale. 

Post Dodd Frank sellers have continued the same bad practice of selling houses to occupants with financing at selling prices that are way high, can't be justified via any type of 3rd party valuation (appraisal, zestimate, tax value, even recent sales in the same area).