I easily found the seller's cell numbers and emails online, so I think it may be time for me to simply Circumvent the Listing Agent and contact the sellers directly.What issues might this cause and what could prevent a Mortgage Broker from Circumventing the Listing Agent in effort to deal directly with the sellers?  

I would bet there is no insulation in the walls and a lot of the cells will be grouted full. 

Get an accurate floor plan (with measurements) & a LOTS of good pictures for the ad (wide angle lens, if possible -- they make them for cell phone cameras). 

This combined with the fact the insulation would be coming out of the two walls we needed to fix, reenforced the decision to insulate the entire main level with closed cell spray foam.Once the subfloor was up, we learned the unevenness of the slab was more so than anticipated; The stairs to the second floor were not hung properly - I'm amazed they never moved in the past 20 years.Since we were now into more than a full gut on the main floor {with the framing repairs}, a decision was made to "patch-up" the second floor, rather than gutting it as well, as an effort to reduce the newly forecasted spend. 

I will include my cell phone number and email below.Welcome, again, Bob and happy investing!

Long story short, two years ago i received a bill from Verizon stating that 4 cell phones have been opened under my name.

Definitely, but be gentle, they're already distressed, don't look like a share who smelled blood.

We have a land line forwarded to my cell, but I could let it take messages and then call back... but I have noticed that there is a lot of "momentum" missed when you let them go to your voice mail.

My dad is a long time realtor and property manager in California, so I guess you could say it's in my blood.

I'd sure hate to tell my cell mate I'm in for using the wrong font on a contract, but that's the way the law reads.No, I've not done a wholesale transaction.