The bulk of that being a property in Orange County, CA for $600k in 2011 that we renovated and sold a year later for a $180,000 profit.

I watched it be reduced multiple times until it was at 45K.  

My banker says it doesn't matter what the closing date is, but it seems to me that closing at the beginning of the month would allow me to use current month rents to reduce my out-of-pocket cash needed at closing.

Unless you're a real estate agent and can perform the short sale yourself I don't foresee one paying a "fee" to take one on- they can be very tedious, time consuming and sometimes banks will reduce commissions which makes for a whole lot of work for little pay.Now, if you could be the actual end buyer on the deal (short sale)- then that would be worth exploring.

The bulk of the properties that are above 1.5% (and they come and go) are typically within the Kansas City limits and are usually what I'd call "B-" neighborhoods.Occasionally we have some outside KC in the suburbs, like the one we have right now on East 129 Street in Grandview has a 1.7% R/V ratio ($57,000 turnkey renting for $950/mo).They come and go, especially the ones with higher R/V ratios.Continued success!

I'm scouring BP for articles on wholesaling in the hopes of reducing the number of mistakes I'll make with investors and sellers.I'm an Air Force veteran and I do art in my spare time.

To do so at the rate I want to, and without significantly reducing our modest lifestyle, I need feel that I need to also focus on doing a few SFR flips through the year to generate additional funds, to help accelerate the velocity of my buy and hold property acquisition program.Therein is where I find the rub.

Rent control REDUCES available housing.

You can reduce your Income from your regular job by this much. 

They get a really reduced price and then find a way to fix it for less cost to resale.