I had no idea there was actually a certification body for this type of work.

Agents are held to certain standards and have rules and regulations to follow as well as a "governing" body.

does any body have any tips?

BTW Craigslist will make you change around the ad's body.  

All of my negotiators recommend a deal after an exhaustive financial analysis and after verifying that all the requirements of a short sale are met (Like being listed with an agent, executing a 4506T, providing a hardship letter, bank statements, tax returns, Arms Length affidavit, budget, etc..) and then signing off and verifying all of the requirements are met so that when its all done, a subsequent audit from an outside entity or regulatory agent will confirm that it was done properly and NOT just because some talented negotiator thinks it should have been done.

I believe duplexes must just be performing pretty well and no body wants to get rid of them. 

It is advisable to do your due diligence and ask about such things as how long have they been in business, are alternative assets their sole focus, are they BBB accredited and rated, are they a regulated financial institution, have they ever been sanctioned by any regulatory bodies, how many accounts and how much in assets do they administer?

I haven't dealt with probates very much, but with the one i have, the only person appointed by the will or the court which is call executor or executrix has the ability to sign for every body..

Just like you are doing with the flips, except you are re-accessing those funds by refi...instead of flips.Kind of like you have built 3 assembly lines spitting out engines, bodies and interiors.  

In the situations where there was a "student" that had committed the fraud they usually did it not knowing they were committing a crime, whether regulatory or criminal.