Hey there Bigger Pockets community!

I live in New York City but have been recently made aware of Rochester NY as a place where SFH and MFHs can be purchased sub-50k and command rents usually in excess of 2% p...

Zack,I have some ideas to create apps to help direct tenant's repair requests to the proper people while letting keeping them and the owner/manager informed of the process.Please get in touch,Kevin

They are requesting the address to do a drive by.

You need to get a letter from the borrower requesting the loan be sold along with an authorization to obtain information.This will set the stage to give a lender another option other than foreclosure.

So, if I buy a property for cash and complete a rehab (which increases the appraised value), I can simply request a mortgage on the property from a lender?

I have heard from my rehabber friends in Baltimore that agents and /or buyers are requesting statements that permits were pulled for all work

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I wouldn't mind being colleagues with anyone in the Charlotte Metro area, so drop me a request if you are interested. 

The final test (I use) is to request to see the drivers license before I show the apartment.

It will have come from a "source account"...That will tell you which representative of HUD you are dealing with...Examples here in Florida are HomeTelos, PEMCO, etc.Almost all of them have a generic e-mail like "contracts@.................... dot comPlease submit an e-mail that requests they it is escalated to the contracts coordinator for your case number.They will usually contact you and you can ask them the pointed questions.What you are describing is highly unusual... we do multiple offers every day for investors all over Florida and have never heard of this problem before...Sorry for your troubles...