Two years pay stubs, W2s, letters of explanation explaining why you want the mortgage, why a certain something is on your credit report, 1-2 forms of ID, and proof via bank statements that you have 6 months of reserves in PITI for all your properties.

RE Agents, Your local REI group, Craigslist, BP, look in your local newspaper for bank foreclosures and date they will be auctioned off on county court steps, wholesalers, yellow letters, just to name a few there are several more strategies to find pre-market deals. 

My first thought was getting $50,000 loan at 10% interest, no payments, balloon in 6 or 12 months.  

If you are a Colleague with anyone that has NOT posted in the thread, and you want them to see your post, hold down the shift key, type the @ and the first 4 letters of their First or Last Name.

I wrote them all hand written letters about purchasing they property, I sent those letters off Wednesday afternoon got my first call back This morning at like 8a.m.

If you are a Colleague with anyone that has NOT posted in the thread, and you want them to see your post, hold down the shift key, type the @ and the first 4 letters of their First or Last Name.

Particularly to the applicant who "sets the bar" (the one in the first 1/e that scores the highest): If they applied later (or were considered later), they'd have gotten the place, but instead get a rejection letter.

If you are a Colleague with anyone that has NOT posted in the thread, and you want them to see your post, hold down the shift key, type the @ and the first 4 letters of their First or Last Name.

If you closed your first deal because one of the sellers called you on your letter, then you have a confirmation that at least sometimes it works!

Most private owners are not going to want to take the risk of financing because the foreclosure process is oftentimes more complex and longer than the eviction process and most do not even want to deal with being a landlord which is why they are selling.That being said, some people are naive enough to take whatever offer comes to them if they have been waiting around long enough and the person making the offer attempts to document why they would make a great person to finance to.I would probably also offer to pay interest (5-10% fixed) and show documentation of work history, rental history, taxes, a handwritten personal letter of interest and motivation for wanting to purchase the house and anything else.