Recognizing its strategic location behind two of my existing investment properties, I approached the owner directly.

Hopefully a) they meet/exceed my expectations over time and b) more auditable info/data comes into existence based on the experience of Flock shareholders, in contrast to the rather limited info/data that exists today. 

Brics has a sales pitch that's hard to deny "F-the US dictating how you exist" and to most countries in the world, that pitch sounds really nice.

I also have lost out on a house because I was some dollars short of the 10%.I know the area and property quite well, and familiar with the foreclosure case for the particular property in question.The reason I ask is, because I am not physically in the area and wanted to see if any service exists, where they can bid on your behalf, when you tell them your maximum, and perhaps hook up with a HML, where the 10% down payment in certified funds is not a hinderance.

Zombie foreclosures came into existence because at the bottom of the downturn banks/lien holders faced a problem that they had never encountered before.

We renovate our units each time an existing tenant moves out of a newly purchased property.

They also gave me a subject to option for all of them, where they take over the existing mortgages and provide cash upfront. 

You are trying to sell him a pipedream (and, as usual, your SEO services) on wholesaling, which does not exist in NYC and the boroughs.Why don't you try to do it in NYC and see how it goes?

Tax Strategy: Making the 2017 tax cuts permanent to stimulate investment and consumptionMarket implications under Trump include potential for accelerated price growth in existing homes, increased private sector development opportunities, and more flexible lending standards through GSE privatization.Similarly, clever allocators of capital may want to focus on market rate housing and more aggressive development opportunities while considering GSE privatization impacts under a Trump administration.Regardless of who you support or which way you lean, both candidates acknowledge the need for increased housing supply.

A capital expenditure typically either increases the value of an existing asset or adds an entirely new asset.