The tenant benefits by being put in the middle of the 'moving' season.

Seasoning time with tenants in place was not an issue.

So you have to wait for seasoning (6 mths) and use a hopefully much larger appraisal.

If any of the re agents have buyers who are wanna be investors or seasoned, why don't they work on the other side of the reo?

An entity must be seasoned for two years before they will even consider giving you money but it is, by no means, automatic. 8)

There is another question that interested me a lot: how do seasoned investors fund the deals?

A better (and even cheaper) alternative is to approach a seasoned landlord in your area and ask for a copy of their lease -- it's free and it will be 10+ pages long with lots of protection.

Well said.The lesson here for any newbie or even seasoned investor is that gurus almost always promote "secret" strategies and the like which are not cookie cutter items for all investors in all situations.

Months of Seasoning(These four factors provide a "Score" used to apply against the Type of Note)5.

I am a rookie investor and I want some season help in the right direction.