Egressed a basement window to code, expanded master bedroom, built island, added dishwasher, added new washer/dryer set, sewer repair, new electrical box.

I am seeing more and more pop up with a little separate income sweet already built in on the first floor that make a perfect little airbnb.When it comes to investor friendly lending, I would start with Troy Howell at Nova, Joe Massey at Castle and Cooke (I used him for both of my HH's) and Jessica Castillo at Bank of America (their grant program is excellent!).

As-built surveys12.

For a seller yes, because if the day comes the tenant cant make payments then the owner can break the deal and keep the equity that was built while the tenant was paying rent. 

I've received 3 quotes to correct this problem, this will cost $11k-$15k to fix (they will basically drill small holes at the bottom of the basement to allow the built-up water behind the wall come into the basement, and then create a trench in the basement along the wall so the water goes to a sump pit, and then let the sump pump pump the water out of the basement to the backyard away from the house...)The next large issue is my 2 door garage openers can only be operated manually due to previous owner damage, and after 4-5 quotes, due to some other complications with the garage area design, the manual operation seems the most practical now due to cost and other limitations if I attempted to try to get it fixed.So my concern with the sump pump is, I do not think many people have those in my area, and if I were to sell the house in the future, it may be a potential reason some un-educated buyers may decide not to buy the home if they see one in the basement.

There are several pockets of the city that offer tax incentives, as well as some rapid development immediately surrounding down town that is pushing rents and price appreciation in a very promising way. 

Once you have built this rapport, ask them why they are selling, and figure out what their motivation is. 

I drove for dollars today and located a list of abandoned properties..They were all built in 1920 and earlier in Doswell, VA and complete reno's. 

Is there any other way to rapidly build enough credit for a FHA loan to househack a property?

Odds are good the lot was surveyed before you built on it and may even have metal post markers still visible.