Every property goes to multiple offers.

Your only salvation might be owning a particular phase of the project that might be peeled away by lenders, but don't bet on it as the problems arise through the HOA of the PUD, if it is a PUD.As to slick thinking circumventing lending regulations....with multiple entities....bad idea.

Don't discount the value of multiple member LLC's.

It's a called a "waiver of deficiency" letter and do not close without it.Do not believe anything the bank says unless it is in writing.You also have to know which department you are talking to.You can get conflicting information depending on if you are talking to customer service,collections,loss mitigation,the short sale department,bankruptcy department,and the foreclosure department.In big banks these are all separate but in some local to regional banks one person might be handling multiple departments.They will all look at it differently with various goals in mind for the the loan file.

How about just Internet, Roku box and a DVD player for good measure?

That can be a challenge if you don't know people in the area or the people you know haven't hired any contractors.Get multiple bids on the work.

There are people that I know of who are flipping 60-80 homes per month between multiple markets.

The property is strip retail that has multiple tenants which I think would be lower risks than single-tenant property.

Did not work out that way.Not sure how though how it has affected values in more rural areas though when a casino comes into town.Perhaps if you are one of the players right in the line of the development and your use is well associated it could work out well.

In the past few years we had multiple problems with pipe leaks, which the landlord attempted to fix without much success.