change in property management company has no bearing on you as a tenant, outside how you pay rent and who you deal with on issues.

It great because it works on pretty much anything that might attack you, be it K9 or human...Or bear.

I have access to around 950 buyers in the area through my partner, so I'm not too concerned about that side of it - he will also be going on the first couple deals with me to help me get my bearings with the sales part.

The person putting up the 100k is bearing a lot of risk and that deserves attention.

And it'll just make it harder to get a flight and I'll have to start flying to BWI and riding the MARC/Amtrak to DC.I have no idea why being near an airport can have bearing one way or another.

It has no bearing on what price the lender will agree to.Points to know....First, use an Experienced short sale Buyers agent....there are just to many things to look out for in a short sale.Find out how many mtgs/liens are on the property....many times a buyer has to pony up extra money to satisfy a junior lien holder, above what the first lender will offer them.Assuming all paperwork’s has been submitted, expect 30-60 days for bank to do a bpo and accept=counter your offer.Submit a gc repair estimate with your purchase agreement.If the comps are $200k, you’ll never get it for $80k unless there is a serious documental $100k problem with the property.

I'm not even sure where to start, since I've had so much go on since I've started all of this, and its going to be a long one, so bear with me. 

IE: someone gets wiped out and cannot pay off barely any creditors.My guess is that Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers met all their obligations until imminent doom/death, for instance.I'd like to follow this thread if it has some contributions. 

@Kristian Bear you should research the "house hacking" strategy where you buy a multifamily property and live in one unit while renting out the others.

Most of my SFH's were in the Bear Creek, Cypress area.