I believe most people are honest, but enough aren't to make it worthwhile to better protect myself during the transactions process.

I like Grasshopper if you have multiple departments - personally I've been using Google Voice to separate personal and business calls.

If these were easy, everyone would be snatching these up, just think about it :)  Finally, just knowing and being apart of hundreds of 203k transactions for our private client construction business, this is not a forgiving loan and encountering large challenges with the purchase, may influence your opinion of the simplicity of the 203k, if you intend on using a 203k, perhaps seek something that requires more work and remove yourself from this short sale.

All transactions would be for the benefit of the plan and you could not draw income personally.  

Then figure out how much of a "kicker" you want to add to the fair market value of your property to make it a worthwhile transaction for both of you.  

I receive Landlord requests for departing tenants fewer than 20 times a year.

These guys have a hundred transactions under their belt, they know who consistently delivers what they claim, reliably and on time, and who promises the world but fails to deliver.

Find a local bank and talk to the commercial lending department. 

In South Carolina you may absolutely call or go down to the Department of Motor Vehicles with the subject property serial number or VIN.

At this point all I want is to be able to do a JV with someone who has done deals with them, who is very familiar with their lending criteria, and who may be working on a transaction that would work.