I don't care if the seller says he manages himself.  

People care much more about the aesthetics of their property than saving a marginal amount of money on their already small electric bill.

From what I've heard, they don't really care if you transfer it to an LLC after you close the loan, but it might technically trigger the due on sales clause.

Tristan,It looks to me like you are looking to fund the deal with private money and have the investors be passive while you and your group lead the way and take care of the asset management.

I would be very careful with budgeting based off photos and no experience.

I work looking after the care of reasurch animals.

Even if they do 100% financing, you will need to take draws out to pay your contractor / subs and they will not care about you telling them to wait for the money from your bank.

Are there any flippers or landlords in the Salt Lake county in need of trash out, move in, move out , lawn care?

I actually think that if you are careful about who you place, you can actually get people who are likely to be long term renters.  

Just my conversations with applicants during the showing is priceless and I'd say excludes at least 50% of them or more.Also, be very careful working on a lockbox with the public.