The ones promoting this strategy are mostly the attorneys looking to get paid for doing the QT actions. 

Find a bank willing to do this, locate a private or hard money source and purchase the house, then refi into a regular mortgage.I have been purchasing rentals this way for the last 7 years. 

We actually organize regular meetups to learn about investing in the US property market.

Odesk makes it very easy to communicate regularly with the VA's and I've found that they have been very good at updating me with their progress and asking questions when needed. 

After spending money fixing up a property, I obviously want to make sure the tenants occupying it are not damaging or tearing anything up....whether accidentally or deliberately......or worse still, using my property as a front for some shady illegal activity    (take your pick on that one....the illegal activity that is).I also want to make sure I am on top of the stuff that will break down due to normal wear and tear and stuff that needs regular maintenance.I also want to make sure the tenants are doing their part in up keeping the property as necessary....mowing lawns, shoveling snow from sidewalks and generally maintaining a reasonably clean interior and exterior for their own good and mine.If and when the tenants do tear something up, or something breaks down due to no fault of their own, unless it adversely affects their daily routine, I would think that they most likely would not report it.

I know they say otherwise, but having traded on an institutional level pretty regularly, that is not how it goes.  

Can I negotiate prices with real estate agents from a company like Coldwell Banker and how different are they from negotiating with regular homeowners?

An attorney with experience that does evictions on a fairly regular basis, not DUIs, divorces or adoptions.

Still trying to learn more about foreclosures but I prefer regular transactions and ready to move in houses since I am a newbie.

I have recipients which document all of this.Considering I have had 4 incidences in less than 12 months, it's safe to say that the previous owner had at least 12 similar incidences during the 3 years he owned it.Upon questioning the tenants who were living in the building at the time I bought it, I've been informed that there were multiple plumbing problems which were severe and ongoing including regular sewage back ups and raw sewage running from the building.