They’ll find you a buyer, and you guys split the profit 50/50.GET LEADS: You do this by using free methods such as driving for dollars or networking if you don’t have any money to spend.

Jim's bleating about government being involved.

Hard to fault her very methodical informed decision.

That said, you could go to the mayor and police chief and ask what steps were taken with the involved officers.

That way, you can get your foot in the door, start building equity, and stay at home a bit longer to save more money.You could also consider the BRRRR method where you buy a fixer-upper, rehab it to add value, rent it out, and then refinance to pull your cash back out.

Anytime you're involving the govt it's a hair pulling nightmare.

If you have the time to devote to it, direct to seller methods can be very effective, but will take ultra-patience and intensive work. 

You mention not a fan of landlording, great, the bank never get's involved in that stuff right. 

WaMu was directly involved.

Another one I wish I had taken earlier was to get involved with a boutique or specialized commercial broker.