If not possible then do your due diligence on any operators in your market of choice.

If the property is already listed, then really, your only choice is to go through the Realtor.Realtors are legally obligated to present offers to their clients so they should present yours. 

not sure what the answer is.. a lot of these folks would not live in a normal residence given the choice so you have that working against you as well.Maybe allow your tenants to have a large breed dog for safety like a German shepard.. 

The basic underlying factors of large downpayments and higher borrowing costs by either homepwners or investors never changes.

I sold the property for 18k and the borrower owes about 12k.

Not sure if I'm making sense there :) .Option C - Use Refi to pull cash and borrow from 401k.Let me know your thoughts and potential drawbacks you can think of. 

Personally, I'll take all the money anybody will borrow me at 2.3% interest.

Do an IRR analysis on the possible scenarios, factoring in the cost of borrowing, and see which generates the highest IRR.Then, assuming your comfortable with any risk associated with that scenario, do that one.

It’s advisable to get preapproved first, takes about two days tops, you submit w-2’s, tax returns, bank statements....this way you Know what you qualify to borrow.

Borrow a downpayment from my wife's well to do parents- I really don't like this.