A contractor left a back door open one day and someone walked into the house and stole $2000 worth of tools.

I will check out the evens page to see if there are any upcoming in my area.

Some strategies to get around are:1. leverage your current portfolio and buy in cash, increase value, and then refi2. buy Multi-family so your ratios aren't the main factor to lenders3. get in with a lender for high net worth individuals4.

If may cost a bit but will be well worth the effort.

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One of the roadblocks weir running into is the potential tenant will keep communication and go silent once we bring up background checks.

Well worth it and the best strategy to start in my opinion. 

The mechanics of the transaction were actually very involved and some of the most intricate and detailed of any transaction I've been a part of, however the results were worth the effort.

Have you checked out local REIA groups or Meetup.com?

It would not be unreasonable for this to be worth 2-2.5M 10 years from now.