Alternatively, I could see how a single story prefab or modular might make sense.

Are there ways to use an alternative phone number online or for cheap?

There are countless mortgage calculators out there.

You may be able to find a lender that offers alternative financing with less than 25% down however it will not be a Fannie/Freddie loan.  

I imagine there are imbedded fees that might exceed agents commissions, but I’m looking to move some personal properties quickly, and this seems like an interesting alternative to the traditional process.

@Matthew Mello if I were you, I'd try to do an "apples to apples" comparison between the two alternatives you're most interested in.For example, pick a neighborhood in Providence and one in Fall River, and then find a 3-family on the market in each, with the same # of bedrooms and roughly same square footage, roughly same parking situation, etc.Then start working up a spreadsheet of income and expenses for each.

When it comes to being a landlord, I just want a good tenant.Finally, the only thing to do, despite the alternate views I've expressed, is to keep marketing until the lease is signed and, to not sign a lease until money is paid.

Btw, good luck getting a broke tenant to pay your court costs, even if you prevail.The alternative would be to document every time you make an exception.  

Alternatively, start having some conversations with other local investors and bring them in as partners or hard money lenders.

Andrew, the issue is when starting up a business you dont have any alternatives with SBA or Bank Loans.