I am not cash rich but I am creative & determined to learn more.

Honestly, I only use the MLS to pull comps and properties that were sold cash to locate additional cash buyers.LOL, Chris, you do realize what you write on the internet never goes away, it can be there years from now for the whole world to see, even you. :)This stuff comes from the National Association of Realtors, it's going to be up to your local board of Realtors under their franchise agreement who can have access.

I then found Mexican Timeshare Solutions on the internet.

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This allows the Lender to calculate cash flows and make a determination on the profitability of the total investment portfolio.  

What I am trying to figure out now is an efficient way to determine which owners are absentee and/or live out of state?  

There are other FHA requirements concerning which you should contact your local lender, but determining whether or not a triplex or fourplex meets the self-sufficiency rule is a good place to start as this rule will immediately eliminate many properties from your search.  

I also have a vonage box at home which is an internet phone you can take to another location but that is associated with a sit down office where I need to make international calls at times (not this business).  

Recently I've been reaching out to other investors and people in real estate and have learned it's WAYYY easier to ask somebody a question and get an answer than go searching through books and internet posts.great advice.

I'm looking into doing his course so I'll have the fast track to much of this information without all the bobbing and weaving we can get caught up in on the internet.