check if they allow access to the property. sometimes they sell it as :OCCUPIED" and provide no viewings and  no inspection contingency.

You could name yourself or your spouse as the Registered Agent, however I heard that you need to be accessible between the hours of 8am-4pm.

If you can put the deal together and find your buyer the financing through a private money lender or a traditional bank that's easy to work with, that's going to make it much easier for you to sell that property and add value than it would be to do cash-and-carry.

Easy short sale transactions generally compared to others when it comes to processing, but tougher to get good deals from an investor perspective due to HUD guidelines.

I reccomend any of the BP books for building basic knowledge base - they're all easy to follow and have actionable steps.

It can be access to low/no interest credit cards, a HELOC, a personal loan to yourself from a 401(k), a wealthy relative, etc.

Are you a licensed DC Realtor with MLS access? 

Communication with this tenant was always very quick and easy. 

The latter is very important as finding the right GCs is not an easy task. 

Thanks for the input, so....For the sake of easy math, motivated seller house ARV is 100k.