I wanted to get your take for the Bristol TN area.Thanks in advanceChris Your biggest issue would be having available options after a claim.

Some operator takes some pity on me and says I can do some of this expedited and in person but only at Lake Zurich, Mount Prospect or Springfield walk in. 

It takes some patience and perseverance but with the right team, it does work.

For reasons I don't yet understand, if the property is sold I cannot take advantage of a 1031 Exchange and my gains will be taxed as income, which will be 35% federal and 11.3% CA income tax. 

I’d be happy moving forward if they are willing to take that $10K off, and be back at my original offer price.

Main project was to take out the old boiler system and upgrade that for the radiant floor heat.

Happy to connect or take a look at your property to see what it may be able to rent for. 

You can always leverage less of the appraised value so your mortgage is lower but that will only work if taking less also covers your hard money loan and closing cost.

G'day @Vince MaddenI have a contact that does have access to non recourse lending which allows the the loan to be against the property solely rather than looking at your (or your LLC's) credit checks.Frederico is correct, it takes at least 2 years of positive tax returns through an LLC before the lenders will even look at lending to an LLC, and I have researched every option in Australia I could over the past 4 years but have not found any outlet that would lend against a US property.For rentals, really your best options would be to find a non recourse lender, or a line of credit against a property here in Australia

I can take a look at a property with you