Does anyone know of a source that will tell me the percentage of homes owned by absentee owners in a given area?

Stacey, if you're looking for private money sources, how much are you looking to borrow?   

We did the deal and I assumed an unbelievable loan of $63 million on 500+ units in the heart of one of America's great cities. 60 yards away is Amazon's office, Whole Foods, Starbucks is walking distance, there are $800,000 townhomes across the street and you have to drive past $2 million homes to get to the property where the average tenant is a professional making five times what they pay in rent.

It would help a lot if you could back these numbers up with assurances about your sources.

A good mortgage broker can assist in sourcing the right debt option.

Also, you can't use projected income from the rental as a source of income.

Hard money lenders, private investors, and various other sources.  

I've looked through the DIY ones like HudHomes and List Source but don't have a lot of time to a la carte stuff.  

Anyways it was sold in 2002 for 88k source public record.The surrounding neighborhood has an average of sold price of 110k.

@Tony Roberts I've never eaten there, but the food sucks.Delays in wholesale transactions occur when the wholesaler has no end buyer (or the end buyer's funds has been delayed) and doesn't have the guts to tell the seller the truth.