I don't have much free time to research several properties or vest several third parties - my job and my family life are very time consuming.

HI @Earl LouisShort Sales are pre-foreclosure when you are negotiating with the bank on the borrowers behalf.REO's are post foreclosure after a property has gone to auction and no third party bid on it, so the bank takes ownership.Short sales are a hassle to do and usually are required by the lender to be listed.  

If you want to keep this alert as is, you can change it back in your notifications settings .I rely on these keyword alerts to not be late to the party so to speak :-) I usually have BP open all day on my browser, and do not necessarily click through to a conversation through an email, but I rely on the notification from the email to alert me in a timely fashion.That said....I would really prefer that instead of changing my settings on your own and leaving it up to me to figure out what is going on (took me a whole day) and then make it my responsibility to change them back, that you would ASK ME first if I would like my settings changed.

My plan is to use private money to get the work done in under 8 weeks, and then refi.My question comes in at the refi part- is there a creative manner to refinance so that I pay the lender back their 50K (plus interest) but still benefit from the 0% interest - or is the best bet to borrow enough monies to pay for the purchase and Reno?

When you couple it with their workflows and other third party systems like Zapier (which can connect you to a ton of other software services) and Globiflow you can pretty much create whatever you want.

Of course you are competing with a bunch of investors if you arrive at the party late. c) How quickly can you get to that property and do your analysis \site survey?

The more important part is your profession.  

The job loss part is the riskier part, IMHO. 

My investing required minimal "work" on my part.  I

My background, for the most part, is in construction.