I usually shop loans around to around 8-10 different commercial lenders at local banks that I already have relationships/loans with.  

Bank of American told me they would fix the REOs and put them on the market at retail price.

My aunt had to have truckloads and truckloads of dirt brought in because her north jersey auto shop tenant spilled oil.

I used to use my American Airlines credit card a ton..

But that may just be due to my inexperience shopping for a rental.My condo in OC worked out great because of the appreciation, but it was not good for cash flow, and that's what I'm trying to work towards.

Deals have been closed with desperate sellers that had to move urgently and with unmotivated sellers that were just shopping their house around fishing for offers.

I'd spend time on the streets over there and stop in on construction projects and ask questions.Historically, that's been a tough area, If I was convinced gentrification had taken hold and redevelopment was truly underway, rather than being talked about, I'd start shopping for property.

(they fill it out before paying but I don't get it until the reports are run)This is my first time trying this out, if anyone is familiar with this site I wouldn't mind hearing about success or failure stories.I really wanted a one stop shop so potential applicants wouldn't have to go to multiple sites to fill out an application and run the reports.Ideally I want them to pay for the reports, I see this as a first step to weeding out potentially problems!

Shop around if you have to...

This was a neighborhood that had a sale about once a decade, and those homes were always bought first by the neighbors so they could control who the future buyer/neighbor was going to be, a very closed shop.