Credit requirements are different for FHA vs. conventional but considering you've been willing/able to save $30k I assume you have no credit issues. 

We have never used real estate attorney for dirty work regarding foreclosures or pre-foreclosures, other than to close the deal and/or deal with any issues that may come up in a contract. 

I wanted to share my to do list in case anyone here with more wisdom than I can help me spot any gaps or things I may not be thinking of from a lack of experience and/or share pointers! 

@Shaun Ng I discovered Jack Yvers in New Hampshire and he’s made more with investing my funds from my Roth IRA in 3 months than I made in about 5 years.

Lastly, remember, STR is a lot more work than a LTR.  

During the short sale negotiation process, they told me they would not sell it to me for less than $80k.

I am just seeing a lot more "takers" and less "givers" recently.

If you are referring to it being more difficult than going to the property, it might take more time to build trust over the phone.But if you are talking about it being difficult overall, I mean if you don't have sales experience or haven't done a wholesale before, it would take time to learn and get results either way.Wholesaling is not easy...

It was meant to be a flip project but the investment was more than expected.

I'd try to stay to the smaller homes somewhere in the range of 1500sqft or less.