It does not matter if you own one small rental property our a massive multi-family  complex perhaps the most important job a property manager has is to protect the property and residents from a "bad renter". 

So why does any of this matter to the market or to Real Estate Investors?

For the doors just put the width of the door to the nearest inch as it doesn't matter (Reality is your front door is 36", your bifold a are 60" and most of the interior doors are 32").

Or since your a sweat equity type..Do whatever it takes to purchase a 2nd something and maximize it with sweat equity...if you don't have funds look for affordable owner financing...no matter what get in some where, some way..You don't have to know much.. title companies and surveyors know..

It doesn't really matter what you start with, you just need to pull the pin, right or wrong, do something.

If they are aware of the situation, maybe it won't matter.

The concept of "buying on the courthouse steps" does not apply in MA (or NH for that matter.) 

But no matter what it will have to come from somewhere.On another note I don't know if I would want to have my money in something greater than 80% LTV.

Now, I don't actually know, but I will speculate that this agent will put the seller's house under contract then market that contract to their stable of buyers.Outside of that, I've never actually heard of an agent or broker buying properties for resale, though I'm sure it actually happens occasionally - just not as a matter of practice.The whole question of licensing for wholesaling seems to be a legal grey-area, especially when one gets a MLS-listed property under contract with the intention of then selling that contract to another person/party.

I don't think it matters how you contact them.