feel free to interact in the forums, meet some great people, and definitely provide more value to the community by sharing your thoughts, experiences, and of course, success stories!

I contacted local utilities as well--no issue in transferring that either.  

this preys on people who have money, but their credit isn't good enough to get a bank involved).LTOs pay all taxes, insurance, utilities, and maintenance ($$$).LTO's pay market rent at a minimum, often slightly higher than market ($$$$$).LTO's receive none of the tax benefits of home ownership, because they don't own it ... they are waiting out the clock, and trying not to violate the terms of their agreement until they own it.I won't even attempt to get into all the different flavors of shadiness that investors will paint themselves to obtain property to sell LTO, that's a whole different rant.In this situation, the owner (real estate investor or otherwise) gets all the benefits.  

If an attorney is handling the eviction let them deal with everything and limit your interaction with the tenant to just responding to urgent maintenance requests. 

@Devin WoodsI'm had good interaction with Community Bank, S&T Bank, and Clearview FCU.  

Prior to selecting a brokerage, I asked the manager how they felt about creative financing and my solicitation of efforts with those that would utilize such.

We state Debits for Unpaid Rent, Unpaid Utilities, Unpaid Fees, Missing Items, Damages, Extra Cleaning, Extra Trash Removal, Other.We charge for everything we can, if it is legitimate and reasonable to do so.

Hopefully I will be able to utilize profits from any wholesale deals that I can obtain to invest into my first rehab.   

We have a vacation rental in San Antonio, and the numbers look something like this:Market Value of the Property By Itself:  $166,000Value of Furnishings, Appliances, Etc:  $17,000Net Income for 2015:  $21,000 (converted to a short-term rental in March of last year)We have accumulated a great portfolio of reviews, etc, but we're are looking to utilize the proceeds from the sale of this rental to re-invest in a commercial property. 

However, I would like to know if anyone could recommend a good book on the topic of communication and interaction with motivated sellers.