Your time here will be well spent.Since you expressed an interest in rentals, I added the below links for your review.My tip and words of wisdom is for you to set aside some time daily for a couple months and focus on increasing your knowledge of REI.

I agree the question does not express the identity of the parties well.  

They have expressed interest in a lease renewal which is up at the end of April.

:D Amerifund states they will do 100% LTV non recourse on the following: RETAIL SINGLE TENANTSAhold FinancingAutoZone Financing Costco FinancingCVS Financing Delhaize FinancingFedEx Financing (Federal Express Financing)Home Depot Financing Kohl’s FinancingKroger Financing Lowe’s FinancingMcDonald’s FinancingOreilly’s FinancingPublix Financing Safeway Financing Staples Financing Target FinancingWalgreens Financing Wal-Mart Financing Amerifund itself is based in Illinois.

The city has a lot of vouchers to issue this year, and Dept of Housing expressed concern about properties available to meet demand.

I reach out to the owners with a professional email, expressing my interest and further information.

Sean, we used unique call tracking numbers when I worked on American Express.

I usually will not if the the tenant expresses that they would prefer not to.

But we know there is interest in the property and they would have paid more as we took advantage of a very narrow of time to bid from HUD and there were numerous investors that weren't paying attention and missed the window to bid and expressed their anger to the listing agent.

Ooh Rah Michael - There used to be the Patriot Express Pilot Loan Initiative but ended in 2010 (if I remember right) I suggest researching Fundera - Veteran Business Loans