I would also like to add on to my other statement to maybe clarify and simply.

Put an add on facebook marketplace, had over 15 hits that day. 

Two things I would add .. one is that you asked what the lender can do themselves to save money.

See if the land it sits on gives you room to add one more bed and bath increasing the sq ft and footprint.

I'm not sure what that means.Thanks again,Steven  Overlays are the banks extra layers and restrictions they add on so no overlays means they not only sell direct to fannie but they dont handicap fannie/freddie's guidelines.Overlays reduces their risk exposure plus overlays is also liquidity because some other buyers of certain quality of fannie/freddie sellable debt like to buy it as well.

My goal is to add one more this year, educator (in the form of problem solving training for agents and investors).My goal includes helping other investors become successful in their real estate endeavors by using my own personal experiences to help investors mitigate risk, handle problems, and navigate the often turbulent process of real estate investing.

I'll add one more example.I get a great deal on a property and secure it for 60% ARV.  2 years later there is a melt down and that property has dropped 50% in value and now I'm in the hole 10%, if I buy a 2nd property at this point (all things being equal) I only need a 25% gain to be back to where I was on an equity basis.IMO this concept makes sense if you are a buy and hold investor in acquisition mode.  

what do you guys think of contacting someone on BP or even running an add on craigslist and paying say $50 for example to do a video drive by?

I dug in the the issue and found out that the agent did not place a vacancy sign on the property, also did not post any online ads, I was the one who placed an add on Apartment.com and found that he schedules all shows on a Sat regardless when the prospect tenant wants to view.

But, just to add one thing to his response to make it even clearer...We should each know how much we value our time.