You aren't required to offer a loan mod prior to foreclosure.

Markets like Tampa, Orlando, and even Jacksonville offer good cash flow and growth potential without the extreme price tags of places like Miami.Happy to chat more if you want to dive deeper—let me know how I can help!

Slightly increased the offer to quickly go under contract, but still had inspections and everything done before completing the deal.

Quote from @Jeff Calcaterra: We have a potential tenant new to the area who has gone through a paid background check, signed a background check authorization form, sent us a LinkedIn profile, sent an offer letter and says he is willing to send us paycheck stubs, but says he doesn't want us to call HR to verify employment because he is supposed to have found housing already.

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Told them to do a drive by and call me back with an offer :)The person who called you probably just spent $15,000 for mentoring and “education”, and is now in panic that his 250 cold calls have not produced anything .  

I was sent an offering memo by a broker selling a multi-family building in an area no reasonable person would even consider affordable housing material yet the marketing materials made a point of emphasis to detail how the property would satisfy the need for affordable housing.

For example, if I were to invest in Columbus, Ohio, could anyone share their insights on which neighborhoods or parts of the city offer good returns?

.: Quote from @Chris Seveney: I frequently see sub2 deals on FB and other sites and out of curiosity I look at what they are offering. 

Thinking of offering seller financing deal to him.