I could carry that plus the current home if I had to, thus my consideration of keeping the first as a rental/appreciation property.But that rent to value on the current house is slim.

These days, it's slim pickings. 

Of course the pickings have been slim to find a move in ready or light rehab MFR under 120kzHowever, I have found some and placed bids on a total of 5 since December 2016 when I was approved.. my challenge I want to know how to over come is getting my offer accepted when multiple offers have been submitted?

You don't ever want to be running such a slim margin that you get burnt - this can force a person to walk away from a rehab.I hope my perspective did not sound condescending.  

If slim, what is the typical down payment?

It was 1 in 500 years event, river was rEconfigured, narrow bridge redesigend and there is a slim chance for that to happen again. 

Seems that since December, the Pickens have been slim on the MLS..

It's slim pickings and wholesalers are pumping up the numbers to try and sucker in dumb investors.You could always cut out the middle man and try to find your own deals!

If you are a company with less than 2yrs in business the chances of you getting access to actual capital without a PG is slim to none.Alot of those companies "guarunteeing" credit upto for new companies are actually wanting you to apply for a **** ton of credit cards.Building business credit can be done quite quickly organically.  

@Anthony Brooks  No, a house at $275k + your assignment fee with comps of $300k is too slim for most investors.