If you have an eggshell, pearl type finish (not flat), then you might try TSP and warm water in a squeeze out sponge mop (I like a new one, not the dirty one left behind, or one used on floors).Just get it (the mop) damp and do the walls with TSP (or TSP substitute) and follow with clean water (before it dries). 

On the plus side You could 1031 into something else and if your tenant is that cooperative then they would most certainly give you a contingency with the time to find another property.The bank can easily do a substitution of collateral for your loan and place it on the new property.  

Has anyone seen or experienced acquisitions as an equivalent work experience that substitutes for the two-year salesperson requirement?

As far as I know, a Lost Note Affidavit from a reputable seller is a sufficient substitute for a missing original note.

The beauty of the real estate industry is that when you're young and energetic with little capital you can be successful in an area where you can substitute hard work for money; conversly when you're older and less energetic with some capital you can find a more passive approach allowing you to substitute money invested for long work hours.

(A recorded trustee's deed [or similar alternative] confirming the amount paid by the grantee to trustee may be substituted for a HUD-1 if a HUD-1 was not provided to the purchaser at time of sale.)

Jozef,I am not sure what "short sale" CD you are listening to, but as you can see several other posters have indicated that HUD/VA and short sales are not compatible.With that being said... there are methods that can be used to "assign" a HUD/VA contract to another investor.These include forming a single property LLC and then selling your ownership rights in that LLC to the end buyer (they then purchase the property), doing a double close where you use transactional funding to purchase the property and then sell it to the investor buyer, and also substituting the end buyer onto the contract once the price is agreed upon and collecting your wholesale fee outside of closing.Each of these approaches has their own pluses and minuses and having a title attorney who knows what they are doing in this regard is critical.Pete

A WHOF is really just substituting the seller for you so that you aren't stomaching the downside risk in the event the buyer defaults.

Affordable may be a good substitute for "cheap".

(of coarse this did not include labor and is usually on the high end)fifth, is the one that there is no substitute for and that is get out and talking to people, networking is the key to learning and getting business.