Haggle with them to a maximum 60 day timeline) as you need time to renovate and get it ready for spring/summer market when most peoples leases are up.

They go to big multifamily conferences and recruit people that are aspiring real estate syndicators to join them. 

I know this is a slower process than you might like but $3.3M in debt is a lot for most people.

That's where good people live, and good people make good tenants.But before you put money down on a house, I would find a quality property manager.

People that get destroyed are ones that are enticed by the low interest rate and assume they can refi after the second year. 

There's no reason to provide details, though I do let people know if anyone asks that we do not accept bulk up-front rent payments or anything like that because I absolutely do not want a prospective tenant to think that someone else swooped in with a bunch of cash last minute.

I get a lot of applications from out-of-area people, typically moving from another state.

Every day I mark how many calls to leads I made, how many people I contacted (and was it email, call, text) from my database/past clients....how many social media posts I answered or made, etc.I don't know if that's automating, but every week I can quickly see how much of each money generating thing I did.Do you use Google Calendar? 

Give them a couple of options, they already know the unit got foreclosed, most people move to avoid the hassle. 

I am in talks with a couple people now.