Some students are great tenants, but from my personal experience, it only took 1 partier who destroyed my rental and ultimately my cash flow to turn me off students for good.

Well if you are wholesaling you should be doing contract assignments so there wont be any closing cost for you. 

It looks like you would need 25% down since you wont qualify for conventional financing as you already own your own home. 

As long as the anchor point is reasonable, the agent wont get discouraged at your lowball offers.

This villa is priced well below FMV, does need some work, but all I want to be able to wholesale it to a rehabber...But the property is listed on the MLS and some realtors wont take this type of contractor without any $ in escrow...please help..great deal slipping away

The tenant managed to put holes in 4 doors of the unit, destroy a set of blinds, and seemingly ran off with an overhead light fixture.

(I have been scouring Realtor.com religiously for a few months now) Another Idea is to buy a duplex in this same price point that way I have intstant cash flow and We could live in one unit, a luxury I WONT have in the fix and flip model.

I anticipate it wont show very well...especially the basement.  

You wont get very far with the banks, you need to track down the owners and either go knock on their door or send them a letter.

There are still many parts that are utterly destroyed.