When increasing asking price more than 20% there is a 3 month hold (seasoning) period imposed by most lenders.Run me through your scope of work?

Your going to be competing with seasoned investors with no plans to occupy and the cash (of their own or from a private money lender + some of their own) who is looking to acquire the peppery for the cash flow,  appreciation, and depreciation that comes with it.  

All of my "seasoned" investors always want it to work for everyone that is involved in the transaction.

A lender usually wants you in title for 1 year, but there are programs with "seasoning" of your ownership at 6 months.Investors re-finance at 80% LTV.

You have to know the market and season. 

If you want a big split, you're going to be working with less seasoned investors and take the risks that warrant the larger returns. 

There are very few agents or brokers that have the depth of knowledge that a seasoned appraiser has just by shear scale; we look at thousands of properties per year instead of a few dozen or even hundred.

I like the show from a renovation perspective but what I dislike is that they are have gone 3 seasons without a Flop.  

They use the account information to have checks printed or make electronic payments beyond the limit of the account, after priming the account with deposits for a period of time to get it into a state that the bank tends to view as seasoned.

excellent counsel here - thanks esp Julie and Jackie - I am interested in Italy to retire in, but not Venice which I do love but...frankly I would like Trieste more as a place to live/invest in.Venice has its own particular structural considerations - esp if it is near a canal / the areas that flood etc - try to visit in more than one season and also at night - sometimes places that are totally quiet and idyllic by day have horrendous noise at night.EU laws also make life difficult for living/investing!