If you are buying to be a landlord and you've never been a landlord before, some lenders won't lend to you... others will but with less desirable terms... some don't care as long as the numbers work...

If you are in Single Family Residential, and I am in Food Processing Industrial, sure as long as it doesn't bite me. 

Summed up, she owns all three by herself, she wants to exchange into 1-to-2 uplegs – as long as she’s sole owner on downlegs and uplegs, doesn’t matter?

@Trascia Daniel As long as it’s a solid, well defined agreement it shouldn’t be an issue as long the agreement “makes sense”.  

I understand that there are still people that would be willing to sign such contracts as long as they have earnest money and are highly motivated, but what types of stipulations could a contract have that would make a seller more comfortable in working with a wholesaler..?     

As long as your tenant has a history of strong employment and no evictions, with a decent credit score, you'll likely be okay.

Thanks to both Dan and Jesse for the response - definitely thinking that now is the time to take advantage of lower jumbo rates, so long as I can get a good enough comps for the appraisal, since that'll be the key deciding factor of refinancing here.

As an active duty military member, I am particularly interested in purchasing a small multi-family property by way of the VA loan, but I am open to other property types and financing strategies, so long as the long-term cash flow numbers make sense. 

@Robert BurnsAs long as Iv'e been researching probate leads I still use direct mail to this day ~ and follow up with a cold call later.You should concentrate for PR's (Personal Representative) that reside outside the state of LA (CA, WY, AK, etc.,) as the PR most likely will be motivated to sell.If the PR provide's a cell phone number yes, I'll usually send a text...

It seems that once they underwrite you, as long as you don't give them a reason to (ex. start missing payments), they don't bother looking at you.