I mean obviously that is a common challenge anywhere, but since you are remote, it might be more of a challenge to understand the nuances of the neighborhoods and buyers - tech crown vs. more traditional working crowd etc.  

While I am sure this topic has been discussed, for some reason my search of bidding guidelines for notes has not yielded any information other than for bidding on HUD homes.I have traditionally focused on NP junior liens.

Me personally I'll go the non traditional way as Bob stated.

I do traditional mortgage loans as well as broker hard money loans.

BUT there's a scenario that I don't fully understand: Since this property is a lipstick flip selling way below market value- is there a way we can purchase using traditional financing from the get-go without putting any money down?

Thanks,Christian

@Brent T.Welcome to the site.If you have good W2 income and credit I would recommend traditional financing. 30yr mortgage, low interest and a reasonable down payment of 25%.

This is one of many lower cost options than using the traditional real estate agency.  

I would be willing to bet a small sum of money there are more incidents of traditional workplace violence than real estate agents being subject to violent acts showing/viewing houses.

It will be an issue if you want to use traditional (banking, for example) funding sources.