@Kevin Means,You can learn to find and partner with private lenders, then use their funds thru a JV or some other entity to acquire the property.That's a challenge with a short-sale for two reasons: you need to have the lender commit to fund an event which might not happen for months or even a year or more - there's nothing "short" about a short sale in terms of time, and the final purchase price needs to be approved by the lender.What Brian tried to say was that once the negotiations, etc. fix those dollar amounts which can be firmed up, you could look into transactional funding to close and get on title, then refinance.

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The tenant has known since the property was under contract that she’ll need to move.While under contract my agent never got a firm move date from the tenant (through the seller's agent).

And to provide a firm written quote with line items for the remainder of the work. 

You can afford to be patient on your deals in this market, you're going to have lower LTV, do you have your equity firmed up?

It’s important to note that your CPA may not perform all of the specialty tax services themselves, but make sure they work with specialty tax firms so that you are still able to take advantage of these credits.It’s great to meet with your CPA at the beginning of the year to discuss your tax plan together.

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