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Best case scenario would be to have a large master br at the minimum acceptable size for a 1br, and a 2nd BR you could advertise as a 2nd or office, depending on the tenant.

Safe act, Dodd Frank is not involved since the seller financing was to an investor.Just put in the agent comments, NO FHA offers accepted before XX date that is 30 days prior to the 90 day line in the sand.  

In my area, a foreclosure or short sale or reverse mortgage that needs repairs is discounted heavily enough for me to make a nice profit and maintain a healthy roi for the investor if they accept my low offer.

Ask any agent for them - have a buyer's broker agreement with them and they will make offer for you - sometimes it is best to just go knock on the door to ask if they are still accepting offers.

With flipping, you are going to have to accept some level of risk. 

Did you beat the reserve, or did they accept something less?  

I can't just "give" my mom money all of the time, she won't accept it.

There was no "inspection period" it was a purchase "as is" and my only contingency is the bank financing at $265k, but for my best and highest they accepted $315k.

The answer is that that is the only politically acceptable way to do it without charges of bias, profiteering, discrimination, etc.Ironically, the wholesalers are doing what the real estate broker can not do, using a net listing, pricing the product individually by time, effort and demand.