The further north you go from Richmond towards the DC metro area the more of a REO feeding frenzy you will find.

So it is a little higher than what you paid especially if yours included the electrical (which is costing a fortune for these units because the units are currently on 30 Amp subpanels so I am replacing subpanels, getting a new drop from SDG&E, running new feed to the subpanels, and the feed from subpanels to the exterior units) all without any attic or raised foundation. 

A realtor is going to put your house on MLS in order to find a tenant and MLS is going to feed to all the regular sites like Hotpads, Zillow, Redfin etc.

You help feed others they will help feed you, that can be worth more than squeezing out a couple grand with headaches.What a good Realtor can do is have the property brought up to a marketable condition, fix the bath and pay the costs at settlement. 

Does anyone have any good advice or feed back from funding their deals through a hard money lender?

Thanks for the feed back y'all!

My concern was that you can't  get a real feed back if you not next to the buyer.

This site is one of the best sites for feed back and you will get great answers and connections with other investors.

Currently living in London, I'm interested in investing out of state particularly in France (just scanned on the surface it seems to be a taboo subject here :) ).So I love force feeding my brain with books, blog posts and taking notes.Looking forward to do learn and do business with you :).

Thank you also for your feed back.