In essence pretend you're going to move there and rent... 

I'm going to pretend your rambling wall of text and nonsense was a coherent, question.In every state I'm aware of, property managers/landlords can deny you for a dui.

You can throw that number to an answering service, but sooner rather than later, they are going to call the number pretending to be a seller.

Hello,Like most realtors I started in that traditional residential market but with the cool down I changed gears to investor market.I have worked with historic and traditional reo and short sales, being a part of an investment brokerage with a large network of investors approximately 65+ K we have been up to date with market demand.Over the last eight months, Bulk REO's have become in high demand and some of my colleagues and myself switched towards working in that market.The problem that I come across time and time again is misrepresentation, false packages and unfulfilled performance that unfortunately causes loss of clients.Any advice in terms of finding concrete contacts that are close to the sell side and how to disqualify pretenders right off the bat?

My suggestion to you would be to start analyzing deals just for practice, go onto the MLS, pick out a couple foreclosures to start and take a drive to check them out, put together a pretend rehab budget then head to the MLS again and do some research on some comparable homes that have sold and are for sale in the market..... basically start to act like an investor and you'll begin to realize what areas are missing from your process.

Im not pretending to be a guru, I just said I am an experienced investor that can answer questions.

I do it this way just because there are a lot of scammy websites that pretend they're the official site and going through the FTC page eliminates the possibility I'll go to one of those by mistake.Of course, if you're working with a good mortgage person they should already be talking to you about a lot of this stuff, what your score is and how to get it higher, etc.If you can get the free report from each of the bureaus and look it over, and have it in hand when you talk to mortgage people, it can give you a head start talking with them about any issues such as lack of credit or certain accounts that might be impacting you a lot but could be easily paid down or paid off, etc.

Don't pretend to know all the answers, but find a way to get the Right answer....Be Real...GL

My advice would be to pretend you are looking for that type of space to rent and see what you can find in your area.

So for simplicity's sake, use these numbers:Pirchase price: $25,000Land Value: $5,000So, depreciable amount: $20,000.Lets pretend that I depreciated $1,000 a year for 3 years.Sell price: 38,000What does depreciation recaptire and capital gains look like?