A traditional lender will never give cash back for repairs at close.

Welcome to the group,I was wondering, do you work with Christian and Kevin at REI Group or is it a different company?

Upon some further research I found;The traditional Roman fasces consisted of a bundle of white birch rods, tied together with a red leather ribbon into a cylinder, and often including a bronze axe (or sometimes two) amongst the rods, with the blade(s) on the side, projecting from the bundle.[3].

Go make a difference in your own community.This is a great post Christian.

The banks may not consider your offer as seriously if you are getting conventional financing, but there is absolutely no rule that states that you can't get a traditional loan against an REO.As for inspecting the property, my guess is that the bank is stipulating that you have no "due diligence period" after the contract is signed.

If so and they are shown as a loss, can those loss expenses counterbalance a part of the taxes I would need to pay due to the conversion from a traditional IRA to a ROTH IRA?

I have not seen anything that high anywhere - traditional SFR PM fees are like 10%.  

@Christian Lincoln do a double closing?

@Christian Bors Thank you for the advice.

Are there some creative ways of bumping that number up, while still using traditional financing that I'm missing out on?