Listing quality - Sort of goes with the first point, but making sure the space is maximized. 

I also hope to make it out to any sort of meet up - I'll be on the lookout, but if anyone out there has any info I'd love to hear it, we'll be out there the first week of August, but I wanted to get the ball rolling so to hit the ground running.Thanks,Pat Dansdill

But don't forget you're also a seller and it's much easier to require a floating closing date on your sale when the buyer is very eager.The second half of your question is no that won't work - sort of-. 

Not sure what sort of private lending you are looking for but its intend is usually, in my experience, to legally lend without needing a lending license. 

Giovanni, I do it very similar to Scott, although all mine are posted as cash offers, although I have a very close relationship with my HML, and he always takes care of my proof of funds, and I honestly have never had an issue with this or ever been questioned, and I have done purchases from all sorts of sources including Fannie.

There’s all sorts of them around these days.

The management company we use (Elite Impact) is always able to share with me comps from active rents, so I assume mgt companies might have access to this sort of thing. 

I've had this sort of thing happen lots of times.

Especially looking to hear from anyone that has successfully attained this sort of goal and able to share their input.

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