In this situation you can negotiate the amount down and improve your cash on cash with rate and terms.

We're excited to have found BP and are soaking it up as fast as we can to help us improve our investment strategies.

Can't beat it.Force equity and increase cashflow by improving units on your own, as your income allows.Yes, a partner will cut your expenses in-half...they'll also cut your profits in half.  

I found that if I disputed every negative item, that some of them had to be removed because the creditor didn't respond to the verification inquiry from the credit bureau.If you have high credit card utilization rates, but very few inquiries, then your scores can actually improve by asking for credit limit increases. 

We also have a property listed in the BP market place and would welcome any and all comments to improve...

It's improved every year since then and is the place to live these days.

But the real estate market has improved in most markets over the last 6 years, so banks and mortgage lenders are tending to utilize short sales and allow foreclosures to proceed instead of making concessions on behalf of delinquent homeowners.

So once I have no friends, and focus on self improvement it's easier to find better friends.  

Whatever you can get to make yourself feel safer in your future rent payments.If you will consistently issue 7-day default letters for all of your tenants when they are late, you will see timely rent payments improve. 

All of those would greatly improve your soft costs.