if anybody knows people who are involved with buying and selling non performing and performing notes please list there names by replying to my post, thank yousome other strategies that i've came up with to find notes for sale are researching institutional buyers and sellers for mortgages back securities 

I have been involved off and on in the rental business with my dad and grandpa.

Would a HML be my best bet on this property .......... as i may have a better chance for being approved to do most of the repairs , as well as Having the best chance of getting a loan for the property?

The conventional may be my best bet, but I do have my house that I can work with.

Real estate involves leverage which increases risk and is very illiquid.

Your best bet is to have your agent contact the listing broker's employing broker and let them know the situation and request to be present when your offer is presented. 

But happy to hear from the other side.For example, maybe someone who does developments could chime in, but my guess is the numbers on building new affordable housing just aren't compelling, and if policy/markets shift so that it is attractive, you're going to have a lot more BP forum discussions with everyone asking how to get involved (which would be a positive for low income families because supply will go up and rents eventually come down)

I know that no matter what our first deal looks like, there will be some kind of rehab involved and I want to learn-by-doing as much as I can.I don't have an abundance of time, as I work full-time as a Product Manager in Technology for Disney...but I have some evenings to spare and most weekends with enough notice.

If heirs are involved they will need to put the estate through probate to transfer title properly. 

If I might ask how much do you have in the property and is hard money involved?