But the nice thing about real estate is there are many different paths you can choose so I'd suspect another broker may be willing to provide a BPO to a FSBO. 

But it can be difficult if there is a problem and you need to be there, such as suspected abandonment.

@Mackal Smith   I suspect your net worth and liquidity in your stocks and bonds had a lot to do with you getting into the private banking side.All banks have private banking.. for high net worth folks they are just usually not at the branchs I have friends that work for Wells fargo for instance. and they are really just stock brokers.

That was a long time ago and I'm sure things may have changed.I would suspect the same may go for a property that had a murderer living in it or that someone was murdered in the property.

I suspect the next place will be temporary (1-2 years), unless it's a super great deal, so that means those move costs will make an appearance again in a short time period.

First telling thing is verbatim copy in the letter.. so it does not take long to realize these are not private folks looking to help these poor people out.. and there was all sorts of sob stories.. it seemed that everyone in the foreclosure rescue business had indeed been in foreclosure their self and knew exactly what this poor couple was going through.. some would come with a biblical bent. etc etc.I suspect not much has changed since the early to  middle 2000's in this regard other than the information is that much more available to the mass's and those trained on BP to do direct mail.Realtors mortgage lenders they all sent paper to the homes.I had a team of 6  3 couples we did not send any letters we door knocked 14 days and 5 days before the sale our specialty was curing 1 to 3 days before the sale... this is when the owners get motivated.prior to that time they are still thinking uncle George is going to rescue them or they will just sell the boat.

Next basement I do I suspect I will be adding a couple weeks for contingency

I suspect I will be, but the only way to find out is to do!

I suspect it'll cost another $10,000 to fix the roof and mold.  

@Brian Degener  can't say for certain.. however I would suspect this is impossible. the big banks sell their bad paper in bulk.. and gerneally to hedge fund players for them to sell an individual mortgage so someone like us I just don't think would happen.I have had luck with Small commercial banks.. and local credit unions. .IE where you can personally talk to a decision maker  ( who is usually the VP or president fo the bank or the head credit officer)