The second picture shows almost the same view, the bathroom wall is just behind the refrigerator.  

If you see a house you want to put an offer in on, why not have your partner come view it.

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Don't be someone who always looks in the rear view mirror thinking about what you wish you had done.

The OP mentioned Skype - that could be used to get some view of where the applicants are living, to see what sort of housekeeping they do.

If you think about it from the lender's point of view, for this short of a loan that is pretty risky, you need to make a pretty high return.  

Yes, what you described in brokering, which requires a license.On the other hand, you can do what people call "wholesaling", which is to actually buy the property yourself (put it under contract) and then assign your interests in that property to a cash buyer in exchange for an "assignment fee".  

Maybe my view is skewed, but I see a non relative home occupant who wants to have as much free "time" in a property he doesn't own before its foreclosed on so he can live rent free while he finishes the work on his own home.

I've been sidelined over the last year viewing real-estate investing as something I'd like to do in the future, but without taking the actionable steps to immerse myself in the learning process and the network/community. 

Can't think of anywhere else in the country that uses these terms to describe multi-family properties.