Can't speak for other markets, but there are lots of helpful people from Memphis that are very active on BP.

Pros - they may appreciate your resourcefulness and be intrigued by your willingness to think outside the box, or they MAY not realize how hard to find they are with respect to those properties, or you just might catch them at right time - they've been thinking about unloading the properties for a while and you've given them a viable exit no matter how annoyed they are about where you reached out to them  I'm not aware of any rules/laws prohibiting you from doing so, maybe somebody else can speak to that if there are some restrictions you should be aware of. 

You speak Texan:)  Consider the areas you want to invest, etc and maybe even find something worthwhile before you start spending money, etc forming an entity.

I can't speak for Spokane, but it seems that there is a market for anyone in Washington.  

I have a couple key people that I speak to in operations and Shaun has been great throughout the whole process.

Would love to speak with you about your house hacking progress!

We 'll be attending IE Meetup next month - a rep from IRA Services is supposed to speak. 

In my experience i got a headset so i can speak on phone handsfree.

Hey @Emilio Basa , my commercial lenders don't use DTI as their only metric however it is a part of the underwriting pie so to speak.

there is a BP member who publish's a list of the coming foreclsoures in some area of NC>. its pretty nice.. helps a tonI looked at sales there you have a very convoluted way to buy them you bid and someone can upset you.. etc.but generally speaking someone who will pay near retail and is either going to buy and hold and or live in it.. can EASILY compete... becaseu your competition wants EQUITY instantly and wants to rehab flip for profit or wholesale for profit.. if your willing to pay more this should be a slam dunk for you.