I was unable to attend the InvestHer meet up but am keeping my eye out for the next one.

I personally would not settled for a DSCR loan in this market and put myself in a position where I am unable to refinance. 

If you are unable to determine the cost to repair, I recommend leaving it to someone else who can.

In my experience these are the levels of how financial fraud is doneLevel 1 - The “sponsor” is a fraudster from the beginning and the entire investment is a designed fraud designed to steal the investor's money Level 2 - The sponsor initially intends to operate legally and honestly but the temptation of easy access to money, usually fueled by addictions to drugs, sex, partying, etc. leads to the bad decision to line the sponsors own pocketsLevel 3 - The sponsor intends to operate legally but a crisis in their life resulting in a need for money leads the sponsor to “borrow” from investor’s funds with the full intention of paying it back ( which they are unable to do).Level 4 - The sponsor intends to operate legally but the assets under their management incur substantial loses; the sponsor attempts to cover up these loses by “temporarily” borrowing from one investor to pay another or submitting false results.

I am unable to find such markets, and if you could give some pointers, that'll be awesome!

The buyer also has the risk that the seller will sue him if such does occur and the buyer is unable to retire the note.The risk for the seller has to do with the fact that the seller is liable for a note secured by a property he no longer owns.

Using the equity in your home via a heloc/2nd mortgage is an option, but your home will be at risk if your deal goes sideways and youre unable to make the payments.

If it's unable to be rented, a bridge type loan that Erik mentioned may be best bet.

This is the route that most sellers want because they will be unable to find another seller until this is done.

But during the month of July, he was completely unable to pay in a timely manner.