The buyer can pick their choice of lender, leverage point, etc. and the seller maximizes their potential buyer pool because of this.  

Would you mind sharing your paint choices?  

An owner selling would have a choice of taking the cash weekly or getting it in the sale. 

Good choice to fire them and move on.

I think of the first one as being "all wood" but not as durable, though less expensive, the second as more expensive but worth it due to the durability and imperviousness to water, and the third as saving about $1,500 now but not being "all wood" and not having the durability of either wood choice.

There's not much building going on here and there are parts of town people simply won't live in by choice.

I know they're many different choices but I have no idea what type of loan to get etc.

Though if you are looking more at RI you might want to check out the Eastern Mass REIA in Taunton, though I think they canceled that meeting at least for this month (they have a 2nd one in Rockland as well).As for your initial strategy, if you are low on funds then Wholesaling is usually the niche of choice.  

The two easy choices could have been: Call your bank and have them overnight a check on your behalf (or log into website and dispatch one from your online account to be overnighted for $30).

Second of all, apologies for the long post, I have been reading and listening to podcasts and I guess I just have a ton of questions, so please point me to any prior content if this has already been covered.Since I am in the San Francisco area and need some time to determine the best way to come up with my down payment, I thought I would "learn my market" but first I need to pick a market and would appreciate your feedback.Based on the podcasts and posts I have reviewed so far, it seems to me that I have a couple of choices:1) Go a few hours from SF and start there.