Talking on the phone to people who haven't done their basic homework can be exhausting, so I don't call until further interest has been demonstrated.Like you, I don't rule it out, but haven't had Section 8 renters yet. 

Long story short, I've got a tired landlord that is overwhelmed and exhausted by the eviction process and being able to take the property off his hands mid-eviction could be valuable to him. 

Now I am questioning if the waiting it out till exhaust the HAMP is worth it?

Yes, an exhaustive knowledge would be nice, but I was hoping that's what a professional forum like this could help me with.I don't feel it's fair to tell a person to exit the stage just because they're not 100% educated. 

My recommendation is to exhaust your 10 residential mortgages then once you get past that start buying commercial properties using an LLC to take title.

It would exhaust a material portion of my own liquidity for the money down and closing/inspection costs, but I'd have a much more affordable loan than HML and this 2-stage approach seems simplest to me. 

Most get to 13-mile (in marathon speak) exhaustion/frustration and start painting over mold or putting too much on an electrical circuit.   

I just wanted to make sure that I'd exhausted the more conventional or known paths to coming up with a down payment for an investment that size.

Everyone who wants to pay half and get double can move right along...hahaThat being said, it's going to be the larger deals that give me enough commission to build seed capital for my own investments and ultimately free me from running my exhausting (but profitable) service business.

Have you exhausted all your options?