I was able to use all of the tools necessary to succeed, his contracts, forms, contacts.

Feel free to contact them to see if they have any available now in Marysville. 

I'm self-employed, so I could try not deducting as much on my 2017 taxes to make it look like I have more income, but then I'd have a huge tax bill and wouldn't have as much for the downpayment.I'm going to be contacting portfolio lenders this week to ask about their requirements/rates, but in the meantime, I was wondering whether anybody has suggestions of conventional lenders who don't overlay Fannie regs here in Chicagoland.

I have contacted a local small bank and the rate they gave me was something like 5.25% for 20 years.

You can also try calling the Oklahoma Construction Industries Board (http://cib.ok.gov/contact).

I did contact the borrower, & she volunteered to just send me the interest due.I will send her a Release of Promissory Note.The title co. did not provide any sub & recon document for us to sign.Their legal dept. copied & pasted some Calif regulations into an email & said they were done.A realtor friend has one I can use, but honestly, I'm going to get some help to fill it out.I looked up the title co on Yelp & see they have horrible reviews from what appear to be legitimate, experienced people.  

Your best bet is to contact a Farmers agent as they will have access to all 3 of those companies.

A San Diego homeowner contacted me today asking for help - his house was going into foreclosure and he wanted to see if I could help. 

But I think I could try to go over there to help them for a few days and if the landlord or building manager is ok with it, I'll leave my contact there if they need to communicate, they can do so through me. 

You might be able to deny them access to the media system, but I would contact an actual lawyer before doing that.