@Scott Graham I've only made offers on short sales since January, but that is partly a function of a market oddity in my area and  I buy them for rentals so your mileage may vary. 

And use the "search function". 

We are planning to ask for a sellers credit for the couple of windows that aren't functioning properly.

I presume it functions to stop LLs from filing for eviction over and over each instant the rent is late, but also lets you remove a problematic tenant.  

But they assured me that, 1) why would they "run" from a machine that is working and generating cash over and over again, and 2) every property would be considered and approved by the group before being put in rotation, so we would each agree that it is worth the higher valuation before giving the go ahead to move forward and so the worst case scenario is that I would be left with the deed to a cash flowing property.

I mostly function between Franconia Notch and Tilton and I'm happy to help out where appropriate.

Or you could raise money from your friends and family (raising other peoples money and then investing is a core function of being an investor) and then put a deal together that makes money for your private investors (family, friends etc).

Borrowing against my 401k will functionally give me use for that cash that I don't think I'll get much more performance against right now.

http://www.balanceprocess.com/what-is-a-non-warran... says:Projects where a single entity owns more than 10% of the total units (for projects with 21 or more units).Project has inadequate insurance coverage.Condo project has similar characteristics and is managed as a hotel (condotel)Project (HOA, sponsor, developer) is in litigation that relates to safety, structural soundness, functional use or habitability of the project.New construction condos.Established condos that have additional phases in need of completion.High percentage of non-owner occupied units.High number of units being delinquent on association dues for more than 60 days.Project budget is not appropriately structured.

We have used VAs for many years successfully. 2 full timers who handled incoming and outgoing calls, emails, back office functions and anything we dont want to deal with...we trained them ourselves and very happy with them.