You may be able to find a private money individual who can move a little faster but there are a couple other parties outside of the lender that also cause delays.

I told him I would get back to him in a couple of days, but doing 100k down is not going to give me enough money to rehab. 

But I lOVE brandIng and desIgn, and i know that it will help me build credit for loans and such, much faster than a minimum wage job I would get without that education.

I would love to connect, I actually have a couple rentals under contract right now.

I have a couple of friends that attend meet-ups - I'll have to start attending more with them.I'm trying my best to keep myself occupied with REI material anytime I have down time.

Can you give us a couple company names that will do what you've described?

Another note, if the issue is as bad as you make it sound, after a couple of heavy treatments you will have a small cleaning project to complete the removal of the dead guys!

I can only assume its located in a rapidly appreciating market where investors are willing to suck it up for a couple of years and let price appreciation do the hard work for them (always a risky gamble in any market).

You want to walk through to see what upgrades you can do, maybe get a couple rooms painted, some new carpet or a faucet.

A couple books that can help you get are in the proper mindset are rich dad poor dad and richest man in Babylon.