(credit cards, cash, additional borrowed capital)-What are the biggest mistakes you made when starting off in the fix & flip arena?

The realtor's communication with this tenant does not seem to be helping. 2) If she actually moved in, it is 95% likely she may have additional tenant protections due to her age and medical condition.

Also in addition to vetting a deal sponsor, take an alternative route and ask that are currently equity partners in someone else's deals as to what their experiences have been so far.

Does anyone have a good person to contact to try and figure out what issue is so it can be prevented? 

The additional numbers and info you provided look good if it all goes to plan.

Basically, you are stuck in limbo until the the case is dismissed because the automatic stay prevents you from foreclosing.I've read that some borrowers (especially the ones that are legitimately trying to pay their debts) will file a POC on behalf of creditors, which they are allowed to do.

Would love to learn a little more about what you're current strategy is and what's preventing you from pushing forward to the next level!

It's 2 bed/1 bath each, and it's on a 10,000+ square foot lot with parking for 4 cars (two garage, two additional off-street). 

You could sign contracts with him that would prevent him from going around you, but then again build the relationship and there should be no reason he's not happy to pay a fee for bringing him the property.Also, keep in mind your fee doesn't have to be huge, or even proportional to the size of the project.

Aggressively paying down the mortgage by supplementing the 500$ in cash flow with an additional $1,000 in personal income we would pay the mortgage of in approx. 10 years and save more than 120K in interest payments.