I'm just being very picky and selective on the property that I want.

The MLS is an underused source of deals… about 1/3 of our deals are sourced from the MLS.Auction.com: online auction website, we check on this site dailyHubzu.com: online auction website, we check on this site dailyExpired short sales: this list will come from the MLS, short sales are an excellent investment opportunity; find the listing, get a name & number for the Sellers and call them to see if they would be interested in trying again (this is how we brought 356 Chestnut St.

@George Blower, if it is allowed could you post a link to your EXCELLENT Youtube live you had a week or two ago on this topic?

Hope your Thanksgiving weekends we're excellent.

This would be an EXCELLENT solution for you in the meantime/immediate future/transitional time, in my opinion.

The property was in excellent condition.

I'm lucky and happen to live in one of the places that I would have selected if I was an out of state investory. 

Downtown and East Village are excellent areas to look for a condo.

As said before @Dave Foster is excellent. 

Your excellent real estate agent may be instrumental in this.A final consideration:  if the floor guy is willing to back up the $4/sq ft refinishing bid (i.e. if he biffs it he'll make it right and eat the cost) that's one thing.