Also I'd say the first step before you get too far is sit down with a great loan officer and let them run your credit and look at your tax returns and assets and come up with the best gameplan for your situation. 

Distressed homes are hard to find, and I am learning that I don't have the fortitude to withstand the rehab process.My goal continues to be finding residential and commercial (office/conference space) property for rental purposes over a one- to five-year period.

Contact your county tax assessor's office to learn how to find this information (it's usually online and easy).Talk to the neighbors.There are paid apps that may include contact information for specific properties.

Most seasoned professionals in distressed real estate either transition from extensive careers at real estate firms or legal offices that deal with foreclosures and similar issues.

You should talk to your loan officer.

I've had many many people come to our office with a set of plans they bought off the internet.

I tried the county office but nothing helpful

@Jay Hinrichs They called the office, then did a transactional funding app, which is pretty brief.

One particular lender and when I say Lender, I’m talking about the individual loan officer that we have worked with in the past had a number of his Lending policies changed so we had to start using someone else when he did not have a product that fit .I realize that a number of the replies have come from lenders themselves so they’re looking for faithful customers.

A few weeks ago I received a frantic call from a police officer in the town were we have an STR.