The technician no longer had free access and had to empty and count the coins in front of us. 

You'll need to have the seller (or potentially the lender) pay for it.More details on not allowed fees are here:http://www.benefits.va.gov/homeloans/purchaseco_lo...As for grants, just in case the disability is such that the home would need modified for physical access etc... the grants fall under Special Housing Adaptation: http://www.benefits.va.gov/homeloans/adaptedhousin...Hope that helps!

I also use other investors SDIRA's...which means I have access to an unlimited number...based on the limits of available SDIRA's and their available funds.

Once you have these items checked, you will have access to all the cash buyers!

The rehab was paid for by using a line of credit against a property she owned, and rehabbed by a line of credit against her stock investments.Here in the next 2 weeks, we are closing on our 2nd rehab, and this will be using a private lender that I met through constantly networking with other people in my area.To finish out the year, we have 3 more that we are hoping to buy (knock on wood). 2 with owner financing and one with cash (LOC).

I don't want to ask an agent for they will want a percentage and anything they have access to on the market everyone does.

My take is that if you can do it relatively cost-effectively, and the increased NOI capitalizes that expense in a relatively short amount of time while also boosting the value noticeably (by holding CAP Rate constant), it's worth doing.

I don't currently have access to the MLS as I'm not yet a licensed realtor.

This excludes the benefit of MLS access, seeing houses whenever YOU want, etc...

I am thinking loud and please hear :I have contractors rehabbers and landlords on my buyers list , I also have access to good deals right on MLS and other sources .