If there are any outstanding loans from the federal government they will have to be paid prior to ownership.

More importantly, he is always on time, his work is outstanding, and he is just around a great guy.

A simple call to the local code enforcement agency should be able to reveal any outstanding liens and fines.

I would love to connect with people who want to learn how to generate local and nationwide traffic.

My focus is NY, then branching into GA and FL--then nationwide (I know, BIG Dreams).  

I am in the process of getting back into the business, as a MLO (nationwide). 

Because of my plans to start a nationwide nonprofit in the future, I want to get into the world of investment real estate and real estate development as soon as possible.

Good luck: some ideas for you;Attend auctions, work with Buyer's Brokers, make offers on expired listings.I am a Baltimore investor and auctioneer, but buy and flip properties nationwide. 

To answer your question, there are several nationwide lenders you can pick from, but what is the point of having a banker when you don't know what you'll be using the money for?

The limitation is with the lenders, only select few nationwide lenders offer such financing to IRA and 401k holders, here is a list of such companies:https://www.biggerpockets.com/blogs/2810/50272-lis...Also, many private lenders would do non-recourse loan and in many cases such loans can be closed in a matter of days.I'm not sure I understand which obstacles you are talking about, I own a financed property in my retirement account (I used one of the lenders from the list above) so are many of my clients, if the property qualifies - getting such loan is easy.I see that you have been part of BiggerPockets for quite some time and participated in forum discussions more than just a few times so I'm surprised by your comment about people trying to make money off other people.