If you have financial resources, and buy subject to existing financing, or sub to, to buy the property, and then perhaps a lease to own exit strategy may work out. 

I have enough cash to to do this but would like to know more about the closing procedure and my responsibilities to assure I am doing this correctly.

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Preben Pettersen the best place to ask these questions about how the business operates is the brokerage office itself.They all put on weekly presentations to attract new sales people.I am also beginning the journey to to get licensed and I am going to start with Keller Williams.Other people will tell you Re/max,Century 21,or a smaller local brokerage because they all have their good points and bad points.The things you should be asking them is what are your start up costs,monthly fees,yearly fees,commission splits,etc.They all offer the same training programs,take your pick.Nobody offers free license training at first but,they will pay you the costs of the school if you last a year.

. :)Here's the guideline direct from fanniemae.com, though you'd of course be best served by finding a lender that you don't have to teach how to to their job.

What would you have the agent do - continue to abuse the potential buyer - not do anything about the agent not responding to to a buyer - not taking the offer to the seller (that's negligent).  

It is obvious that they are not "move-in" ready, so that leaves a lot of conventional financing out of the realm of possibility, which is fine, since I don't want to to use conventional financing.

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@Allende  When I have done LO I always had a power team that I ccould refer my candidates to to get credit repaired and viable mortgage broker to help them qualify for conventional financing once the LO comes to term.  

You can go to to CT.Gov sites and for $120 do it on your own.