Let technology work in your favor. 8.

Blindsided by the financial technology sector that has produced successes like PayPal, big banks are struggling to keep up the pace.

I agree that midtown deals are difficult.  I

My studio was in Greenwich Village in New York and I never had any difficulty renting it, but it was the location.  

I'm having difficulty finding companies that provide such a product and getting limited offers from my broker.

I don't know if "you can" however it is certainly possible and I've done this many, many times.What's difficult is getting the lender or loan servicer to recognize your association with the account.

Though the commercial-real-estate sector has a reputation for being slow to embrace new technology, several brokers and developers are hot on virtual-reality tours—to boost leasing and sales, especially to technology firms and tech-driven media and advertising companies: http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-office-space-in-your-head-1435541344

Can you wholesale a HUD property and if so how difficult is it?

Blockchain technology certainly has some interesting potential applications in real estate, which is one of the last major industries left yet to be "disrupted" by tech...  

In this day and age of technology you are pretty much getting leads, skip tracing them, then calling or texting them then hoping someone reaches back out to you.