Next home was bought as a foreclosure that just needed paint, a couple patches, and a good cleaning.

Scheduling repairs, clean outs, preparing eviction paperwork and showing up to court

@Yi RobertsOn your friend's trouble renting a $270K home: In my opinion, it is very difficult to profitably rent a $270K property in Las Vegas (except in Summerlin or Green Valley).

A clean non ostentatious vehicle would also help.  

@Dan Green What are you looking for duplexes, triplexes quads, more than five unitsI would contact a realtor let them know exactly what you want and build a relationship with a few realtors You might want to attend a few BiggerPockets Webinars.

Cleaned every corner, etc.

There is one that a local builder just finished here and it sold the first day one market.I'm really interested in combining green efficient housing with the storage unit concept and integrating some sort of home garden with the design, similar to how restaurants are growing their own greens.

The title companies role is to facilitate that transaction, ensure that a clean title is being conveyed and hold funds in escrow.

IF you fall and hit your head hard enough on it,,,it well might be termed 'HARD' .It might be termed hard if you drop a glass jar of sticky pickle juice, shattering your 'day' and making clean up the order of the day!!!

Good local broker should be able to help using FHA, provided her credit has been clean for the last 12 months or so and the low FICO is due to historical reasons.