He has done numerous jobs and always does great work, often makes the previous work look better.  

Many jobs, nurse assistant, hairdressing, dental assisting, and numerous others can be learned in a year or two in a full time school.

My question is thus: I have numerous contacts with local banks, never discussed REO with them.

Even still, I would encourage you to stay away from pockets where there are numerous (a little bit of this can be OK) boarded up or vacant houses in decay.

I have done this numerous times for both down payment and reserve help when trying to use conventional financing.

I just did some poking around on vrbo.com and you can have your pick of numerous places in Breckenridge or Vail any day all summer long.

That means they have leased and subletted numerous properties, probably in violation of most all of the original leases.

I've participated in numerous renovations in Knoxville and Chattanooga, so I know how to get myself in trouble at a construction site.

I've written numerous times here that Tax Sales are the most hazardous method of buying real estate.No home inspectionsMost times can't see insideNo Sellers Disclosure, so sellers let go of property that they can't sell otherwise, think toxic waste sitesNo do overNo home warrantyNo financing they require 100% cash at time of sale.From the initial list 30 days before they sale, my experience is that 90% pay the taxes, sometimes the minimum to get their property off the Tax Sale list.Some of the owners are deceasedSome of the properties have title defects preventing re-selling and financing until curedMany of the sales transfer other mortgages, liens to the new owner.I've seen tax sale properties with multi-million Federal Tax Liens NOT wiped out by the sale.Some of the properties may be non-existent.

There are numerous Unique Benefits Associated with Multifamily assets.I'd definitely consider becoming an Equity partner in a large Multifamily Community!