@John White,When you say double closed you need to explain that you will not be using the end buyer's funds to close the A to B transaction.Joe Gore

We gave each of them a welcome letter the day after closing that explained who we are and how to contact us (phone number and where to mail the rent).

Link below to a good video that explains this:http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2013/06/14/50-percent-rule/

We have vacuumed and shampooed the carpets several times since the tenant/dog left 5-6 weeks ago.Pest control has explained that the remaining fleas are sterile and they aren't dying because they house is vacant.

It would require dealing with an unsophisticated second lender in reality, if one were honest in explaining risks, there would, with a reasonable person, probably need to be some omissions of facts to get that lender to lend, then not only do you have ethical issues but you could be crossing into fraudulently presenting the deal.

Seems like you guys squelched the free flow of information by deleting these posts  Care to explain?

We explained this scheme by banks to limit the amount of available for sale inventory as follows: "since the properties not entering the foreclosure pipeline are effectively kept out of inventory, even shadow inventory, and thus the distressed end market, the monthly drop in foreclosures has acted as a form of subsidy to the housing market, as month after month less inventory than otherwise should, enters the market....

This link might help explain why a judgment might not become a lien:http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/real-estate-liens-jointly-owned-property.html

You may even want to offer to waive the finders fee on the first deal you find if the investor will agree to let you follow him or her through the process and for them to explain the process as it moves along.

Explaining to them that if they walk away, as millions of people have in the past, they will not be walking away without consequence - which is something that people in the past 5 years or so didn't have to worry about.