I know you are a problem solver, so that should not be an issue.

City is currently saying I can't build.If you are buying, fixing and selling properties you are a problem solver. 

Be a problem solver and help others along the way!

More people will be home on the weekends which will increase your opportunities with meeting and talking to more people and possibly being a problem solver and building your relationships with those that still work.  

You can market yourself as a true problem solver, like the HGTV "Holmes on Homes" guy, the Guy That Fixes Bad Rehabs.http://www.hgtv.com/holmes-on-homes/show/index.html

If you're going to get creative, you need to understand numbers.Swapping Real Estate For Fun and Profit by Paul Kelley-- Will get your mind thinking about how you can use what you have to get what you want... and it does not have to be cash or real estate that you use.Creative Financing Solutions by Jack Miller - Has multiple examples of how Jack used creative financing to solve real estate problems and will help you understand the process.

If it is a F/C - why - how many payments backYou need to track down the owners - ask - WHY - make an offerIf it is a F/C and does not sell - go directly to the Trustee to make a cash offer - Talk to the neighbors - ask WHAT'S THE PROBLEM - be a problem solver.

Some people are problem solvers and actually derive enjoyment and other personal benefits from troubleshooting problems, coming up with solutions and executing on them. 

I am a great communicator and problem solver by trade, but this may be a different animal!

Ben Sherwood, Newsweek, 2 Feb. 2009Perhaps because their brains are wired differently, dyslexics are often skilled problem solvers, coming at solutions from novel or surprising angles and making conceptual leaps