You'll either need to pay that loan off or make the payments, depending on what they do.As an investor, the trick here would be to get the second to accept a pretty large short sale.

If I were the listing agent I would see through that trick and know how subjective your repair budget is.

The trick is that each area has good parts and not-so-good parts.

Any tricks to strategic contacts for acquiring these?

The trick to Indy is knowing what parts of town you can still get good deals and attract tenants that aren't "low income" but are willing to live in a 650 - 800 / month rental to save money.   

(exit 5, 5700 Westpark Drive, Charlotte 28217) 3 Local Experts, 3 Important Topics30+ year Veteran Landlord Tom Latimer will cover "How to Evict a Tenant", a trick which he has successfully performed a time or two.

I dont even want to know what goes down when you put a stolen credit card through, and all the tricks they can play.

I wrote an article on doing due diligence on a turnkey company I can send your way if you want it too.The trick is finding the good companies.

These are people who meet with real estate agents and landlords and attempt to trick them into saying something discriminatory. 

The trick is, did you get a good value (ie;ROI)?