I have been sitting on the fringes studying before going full fledge since a lot of the gurus promote their flavor-of-the-month which amount to being undercover paid advertisements.  

To enhance your own home inspection business, I'd propose you approach a Bic from a different firm on each flip, explain you are also an investor and LET the Bic choose a listing agent from her firm for you AND ask for a 1% commission rebate from the bic/listing agent.THE Bic will get to be the hero.That way everyone loves you-- free advertising (the Bic will appreciate the business--- you will probably get 2 listing agents for the price of one as the BIC will insure your property gets top notch service)A $5k return is way too small of a goal!!

This financial cushion enhances your profile as a borrower, making you more appealing to lenders who generally seek a debt-to-income ratio of 36% or less.

I am willing to spend the $500 and a bit of time to get it auctioned off to hopefully someone who will maintain it, since this will enhance the marketability of my other property.Originally posted by @Bob Malecki:If its a local bank you may have a shot at it.

The challenge with this, is that each state has it's own laws that change the flavor just enough that if I were talking about MA for example, I could be totally misleading someone in another state. 

You definitely added a different flavor to this post, @Jeremiah B. 

I'm thankful for BP becauseit has enhanced my abilities as a broker as I've learned more about the many nuances of real estate investingI now have a reliable network of people to ask advice, who understand when I need to ***** & moan, and will celebrate my successes with me.

Maybe one option would be to upgrade, get the enhanced rents and hold, then convert when we are ready to finally divest down the road?

So successful has this transformation become that most of our student tenants are attending university with the objective of getting a piece of paper to secure employment and not to enhance their cognition and for the sake of knowledge.

@Charles Hinson you are saying they are distressed therefore owner financing is off the table, i'd be interesting in understanding what you mean.if the properties are not bank owned, then subject to strategies are the no to low money option. that is a flavor of owner financing.