Economics 101 applies to pricing of hard money............always a function of supply of money and demand for money in a market.

I would want to invest in areas that are growing / increasing in demand.

If Borrower fails to pay these sums prior to the expiration of this period, Lender may invoke any remedies permitted by this Security Instrument without further notice or demand on Borrower."

Student Housing is a separate animal.

Selling the biggest per sq ft house in the immediate area is a tough sell.If you have lower priced houses for the development the greatest demand will be for the entry level and mid level houses on that street.

In 5-10 years when millennials start making families, there will be even higher demand for good homes in good school districts.- 25K in cash from your equity does not give you enough 20% downpayment to buy anything better as a rental around here

The spirit of my criteria is to keep from ending up with a menagerie of animals being moved in damaging my property.

They are a different animal.  

If you have a crazy demanding career then bump up to the B properties that will need less of your time.I don't have a hard money lender for you. 

Over the last 2 years the 2nd mortgage holder had given approval many times and waited patiently for the first to approve.Now that the first has approved the sale, the 2nd, Ocwen, wrote off the debt and sent it to a collection agency.The collection agency will not budge on their payoff amount demands which is 3x higher than Ocwen would have accepted, and the primary mortgage will not meet those demands.Is there anything that I can do to get this deal completed, or is it just dead?