I have seen/heard of on several occasions where a bank-owned property had a time period where they would only consider an owner-occupant's bid.  

She got preapproved and my lender said on numerous occasions FHA was good up to a fourplex with 3.5% down.  

The owner of my company has on more than one occasion mentioned to me he is very interested in building a real estate portfolio.

This happened for almost the entire first week where the agent later told me that my emails mistakenly went into the spam folder.On many occasions, I have sent the agent listings that I’ve found myself which have potential (i.e. meet $100/month cash flow using 50% rule using achievable rents based on a Property Manager’s CMA) and wanted to get her opinion as to the property’s actual value and then possibly look at the property.

I build in the infrastructure costs and assumptions from the beginning so I never have to touch or see the property except for the rare occasion.

Also, she complained first 4 months about toilet being clogged on 3 separate occasions.

Then they can make a decision to rise to the occasion or give up before they start because it looks to hard and too much work for them.    

Ned used the occasion as an opportunity to do a coaching session for our local RE Meetup Group (BWI Meetup).Here's the video:https://www.dropbox.com/s/vkwa56y3fvhah3v/jscott_t...On top of that, we have at least one BP member who will be helping us with the trash out and may have another BP member who will be helping us wholesale it once it's cleaned out.

Have used him on several occasions and will do again.

When on the rare occasion some flooding has occurred within the city it was a result of a major rain event (i.e., Hurricane).Lastly, I would recommend always getting a home inspection.