With the experience that you have, and assuming your PFS looks somewhat decent, I would place you into one of our Line of Credit style programs, that you would only need to qualify for once per year, worse case scenario, and you'll have up to $5M+ CASH, depending on what you personally qualify for, and you wouldn't have to answer any "qualifying" questions until it's time to renew the Line.

You are doing a service to that neighborhood by coming in, fixing up a house currently occupied by a deadbeat and providing suitable housing for a nice family that will come in and purchase or rent the home.Your actions will cause the housing value of neighbors to go up, thus creating wealth for other people and hopefully eventually leading to further gentrification of the neighborhood.Capitalism works.

I'm looking for older ranch style homes ... the weather is not right for outside work right now. thanks for your fascinating report.

For example, they might recommend a particular tile or flooring and you could ask for a lower priced product that still meets your criteria for quality and style. 

Buy the most suitable deals for each market.

It's the minimalist life style.

Reston homes fit in categories and you can almost always tell simply by looking at them....there are the late-60s through the 70s style, the 80s was different, then the 90s, then 2000s.

Or maybe you can support yourself, but want a higher level life style than your income supports.

All high priced cities should be doing dense transit oriented midrise development, but the leafy suburban style neighborhoods say no, even as they complain about affordability.

If they dropped the value by 20%, they wouldn't have to gift the down payment because it would be a deal and they would probably find a suitable purchaser.