Its simply not feasible to run title on everything that you want to bid on if your out west.the reason is you can look at 50 props you like and only 1 maybe 2 will actually go to sale and you have competition on those.. now i am talking TRUE foreclosure sales not Auction after the fact.

Everyone loves saving money until they realize that they were cutting corners and being cheap.

You can pay the loan with ANY money, but you simply use your spouses income to qualify for the loan. 

Is it a lost cause and I'm just supposed to fold and cut my losses??

At $700K for some of these 3 families, the numbers simply don't make sense.

I'm guessing you didn't go through insurance, but you should simply let your insurance provider know that you got a new roof (don't need to say why other than it was older). 

If you get the appraisal back and there's an issue with the value, you can sit down with builder and see where you can cut back on your costs.Side note.

That said, it could be that the location of your property has some sort of local ordinance that has a 90-day limit, and Airbnb is simply following that.

(It is due to a tree that the city grew and will need to be cut down immediately to remediate the problem). (12k for the replacement of pipes and ~5 kfor tree) 

I'm located in the Southern California area...Orange county to be exact.I would love to see a copy of financial statements from someone in the industry, so I can simply see a example of what type of expenses & margins I can expect..