.- I will not qualify for a full or partial home profit exclusion as it has operated as a rental for the last 7 years.- I do not wish to conduct a 1031 exchange, preferring to deploy the profits in stock market investments at this time.Are there any other kinds of significant tax breaks that might be available? 

The market for MFH is limited to investors here almost exclusively (there are few "live in one, rent three" setups locally) and there's no real rhyme or reason that I can see as to why these places go on the market. 

Some newspapers had only 1 or 2 notice to creditor submissions where others had sometimes 20+.

Amy A.We do have a an exclusive forum for Pro members only.

I would scour the newspaper classifieds right in the store and make daily calls to the possible sellers that listed their homes along with calls to any mtg company in the yellowpages that mentioned private or hard money.

These are not mutually exclusive so I'd say keep your eyes open for both.As far as using cash to buy then refi out later, again it depends on your intentions with the property.

they could have an exclusive agency listing, where the owner retains right to sell and agent only gets paid if they bring the  buyer 

Got to put the public on notice that you have the exclusive option to buy Account Closed!

Unfortunately, they're expanding and their new office is dealing exclusively with wholesaling so I'm a little afraid of the big guy expanding and more competition.  

I would respectfully disagree and I believe the two are mutually exclusive...and should be.