I'm in the process of wrapping up employment with my current organization and becoming the sole employee of a 501c3 as executive director.  

You also have a track record as a landlord so I wonder if that plays into their decision? 

Those banks selling off generally have "buy back" provisions built into the loans in case they were not underwritten properly and a default occurs.With commercial lenders they look at liquidity, net worth, annual income, and track record.You can overcome track record with high net worth.

These would be held by an escrow company or neutral attorney, with instructions to record the mortgage/DOT assignment and provide the associated documents to your lender, if you default.If things go well, you would pay your lender, your rehabber would pay you, and everything would get paid off when the flip is sold.

It is my experience and track record that convinced the lender to make the loan in the first place, but that doesn't mean that I should get 80% of the deal.  30% to 50%, yes, but 80%, no way...unless I contributed enough capital to cause my pro-rata investor share plus my sponsor promote to calculate up to 80%. 

Jack, welcome to BP and Charm City Baltimore where the city is about to break records for the most _______________in America. 

Which means learning how to identify using public records the most likely candidates that would be willing to sell. 

It does look like some data mining based on key words, a link here, county records there...Always trying to sell you something extra... 

You're not likely to find a cheap bankruptcy fee if you click on a lawyer that spends hundreds of dollars in ad costs for every client they represent. ..Click on the organic search listings that Google gives you.

From there you want to check public records for upcoming auctions and do research on properties.