@Steven I work at sherwin williams and your best bet is to use a shellac based primer to get rid off the odor.

I don't know of any bank or private lender lending those rates/terms - estimate worse-case for your situation.

you can bet that I will be utilizing that OO financing as soon as I can transition to a job that allows me to justify having a residence.

I don't know what the success/graduation rates are for trade schools like Remington or ITT but they I'll bet they are at least 50%.

Most people won't reply after the 1st "touch", but if you hit them a 2nd, 3rd, 4th, etc. time, your response rate will go up.So, to answer your question, I think your best bet is to continue to hit up those same 350 people.

Either the bank won't lend me enough money because of other debts or private lenders need too much money down and I would still have to provide fix up costs.Any advice is greatly appreciated.

I was reading in blog post http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2013/06/25/buy-a-house-with-2000-or-less/In it it talked about using private money.

Entering an option contract is a private event.

Bridge loans, offered by private money, non-bank lenders is a viable alternative.

You find the property, the create a "private placement".