Grimes just FYI- PG County also has a terrible school system- Keep that in mind when conducting your search

After that experience, I conducted a search for other turnkey providers that offered a wider rage of contingencies, and was able to find a provider offering appraisal, tenant placement, and financing contingency, and ended up moving forward with this company for the deal. 

This involves a phone call with the broker, where you’ll conduct preliminary underwriting based on current financials and general rules of thumb.For us, those rules of thumb for a Proforma include income and expense assumptions on the property, renovation costs, premiums we could gain by doing value-add improvements, and financing.

Or the government telling businesses who is allowed to conduct business, and who is not.

If that is the case, in addition to the normal research you do on the properties you plan to bid on, you just need to pay attention to who the trustee conducting the sale is. 

Have you conducted market studies?

FNMA has a 10 day period to conduct inspections in their addendum that cannot be altered so that was not a factor

The difference between the subjects May 2017 sale price and it's current market value is likely due to recent, expensive renovations and a stronger real estate market in July ( the prior sale was conducted in March and the unit was mostly original with some needed repairs).

Reach out toLocal PMApartment associationsApartments.comcostar if you have accessrentometerShop the market with a secret shopper(have someone call and act like a renter).The issue with all of these is they can't compare the condition of your property to the condition of these lease comps you are gathering.  

Seattle has a new regulation that prohibits landlord's from performing a criminal background check on prospective tenants.   Is anyone area of any other locations with this restriction?