you can go to listsource to find leads also there are several foreclosure sites and websites you can visit to join up with their program and get leads emailed to you.  

Has anyone used John Cochran or Sean Terry's wholesaling Hud Homes program & were you successful?

I was on time with my former landlord but he can't give a reference because he is now in the witness protection program.  

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Has anyone used the Leads in an Hour program?

Its was already a strained economy qualifying for the EB-5 program even.

FHA will most likely have some restrictions however they do offer the 203K programs (I think they're still offered) which are intended to be used for property renovation.If there's no time pressure, continue doing all the investigation you can and remember that it may be necessary to do several loans in succession in order to end up with a fully renovated property and long term bank financing.

There are companies like CSC who will handle this for you, you just need to send them the notarized assignment with instructions. 

Wonder if this website has a simple site plan computer program that can be shared?  

Owner-occupied can also qualify for FHA loans which require 3.5% down and if you couple that some State and County down payment grant programs, you can pay as little as 0.5% down.