Craigslist, Facebook, signs in your yard, neighborhoods, etc6) Partner/ Team Up with experienced Bird-Doggers7) Talk to mailmen and ask if they know of any abandoned homes8) Develop a relationship with divorce or estate lawyers9) Team up with a realtor and market to expired listings

When does the approval letter expire on the short sale and Is it possible to push closing out two weeks?

What happens at its expiration?

Go for that Chipolte look, raw materials made to look nice, cheap, easy to fix.I would elect a month-to-month lease with a 60 day notice in the terms, that way you have room to manage turnover rates, and you also have the law on your side when evicting for non-payment as you can just show the lease has already expired, so they need to vacate per the law, as you can cancel for non-payment within the pay or quit.

@Keith Goodwine - the chair of the Federal Reserve is appointed by the President at the time...Janet Yellen's term expires in 2018. 

I usually do a one year lease and then go month to month after the term expires.

Existing lease will remain in place until it expires with the new owner, mention that to the tenant to put them at ease.

I work on expired listings.

FHA has announced that the temporary waiver of FHA’s regulation that prohibits the use of FHA financing to purchase single family properties that are being resold within 90 days of the previous acquisition, expires on December 31, 2014. 

Just received this from one of my mortgage contacts, thought I'd share:The Federal Housing Administration's (FHA) Office of Single Family Housing announced that "the temporary waiver of FHA's regulation that prohibits the use of FHA financing to purchase single family properties that are being resold within 90 days of the previous acquisition, expires on December 31, 2014.