May be what they really need to do is to hire some people with investing experience to work with investors to get rid of the inventory instead of hiring the girl at the concession stand at the movies.I have never use a transactional lender, but I'm sure if you showed them maturing CDs they would fund the loan.

The deal you want should be so good, you want to stand on the roof of it and scream out what you paid, LOL!

Let’s say you put an offer of 95 K and you are lucky enough to have it accepted.2% of 95k = $1900That is a far stretch from Average $900 - $1100 rent for similar houses in that neighborhood.Or we can do the match another way: Let’s say we already have someone who has the money and wants to rent this place for $ 1100In order to make the 2% rule work, our offer should be $55,000 (compared to the seller asking price of 109k) this offer doesn’t stand a chance.

Unfortunately, if you think cash and proof of funds is the only thing standing between you and success you are mistaken and you should probably work on your network and education before pulling the trigger on any deals.

When the downstairs unit occupants get home in the evening, they discover half an inch of water standing in the kitchen, and that much water also soaked into the carpet and pad throughout the rest of the apartment.

Only creditor I owe is Sallie Mae and I have been paying them on time so that account is in good standing!

A hustler buys apples and stands on the street corner to sell them in hopes he sells them, he could be eating apples.

Those are virtually non-existent now with all the rules and regs and fines.Make sure you get the better stands to go in the ground as the cheap ones are to flimsy to stick in the hard ground and they will bend and blow over easily.Use a permanent king black marker so it will not run when the rain hits the sign.

Your description of garbage plus coffee grounds sounds/smells less like any kind of sewer vent or standing water issue....and more like something decomposing.

I know many people trying to buy their first homes in these areas that don't stand a chance with conventional financing.It sounds like you may just be looking for relatively safe real estate investments with little to almost no management responsibility, especially if you're looking to go out of state.