Did he just throw warm bodies in there?

Until then, I'm unimpressed by this attempted "gotcha" journalism.

I have rentals in three different states, so no way I would even attempt long distance property management The advantages of professional property management to me are (1) I don't have to deal with tenants, toilets, and termites

With the REO's I have attempted to work with the banks with vendor financing but they are wanting 20-30% down ( I do not have that) same with regular bank financing.

If you attempt to amend the 2008 tax return to include a property that you purchases in 2010, you will be in more trouble with the IRS than all the posts the moderators had to remove.The best thing to do when you do not understand something is read up on it, such as the forum posting rules here.

In my opinion, a short sales is the least risk adverse and should be attempted first.

I did not try to reset it after the fifth or so attempt.

Seems like that was a futile attempt, and it also sounds like it probably doesn't matter.

My answer to the question in the body of your post is "Yes, I agree that sounds too good to be true".Not sure how these two answers are related, but I'll help out if I can...

There is probably some way to do it... but it wasn't that obvious in my 10 minute attempt.