I would say that the way to get your foot in the door is to do extensive research.

My guess is that the realtors you have spoken to have gone down that road with clients in the past only to be unsuccessful after an extensive amount of work.

Remodel ended-up being more extensive than I estimated which cuts into my overall profit, but it's still going to be a good cash flow property for me.  

When that happens, "classified ad sites" are going to get further disrupted, in my opinion.Also, I agree that many of the sites are not doing adequate due diligence, and have written extensively on this.

We actually had to get an extension on that deal because "they buyers lived on an island and they couldn't get a notary to them" on the day the lender had the closing docs sent to escrow, which is kind of ridiculous, if you know the area. 

Come to find out my old unit filed out everything incorrectly, and I was now approaching my second deadline on my lock extension.

A large majority of states have part-time real estate commissions with extensive participation by practicing real estate brokers.

He has written extensively on both topics gratis as well.

You can also agree (both parties, of course) that under certain circumstances (which you define) you can have an extension of so many days.  

The only way your should do this as a rehab/hold is if you partner with an investor who is very experienced with extensive rehab projects.