My question is:  Do I need to tie this up under contract before I shop it to other investors as a wholesale deal?  

For straight up buy, hold and rent, you'd have to be more bullish on the market than I am in most mls listed deals I'm seeing.It looks like I'm going to be listing a fixer with a shop in Kennewick soon.

For example, I have my SC license and am shopping for a new primary residence in NC.

Foreign investors will park large amounts of capital into American real estate, because it is far more secure for their cash than other alternatives.

Their product is overpriced, and usually re-purchased from distressed owners who originally bought the same property through their previous iteration "AREI" (American Real Estate Investments).  

So, essentially maintenance free for a while.Price $291,900.0025% down: $72,975.99P&I: $938 (180 day lock at 3.124%- had to hardcore shop around for this)total expenses including HOA: $1,422.50Projected Gross monthly income $1795-$1895 (still being built- not a ton of true comps-realtors think might be more with big pharma and Amazon moving in, along with all the development/proximity to RDU/Downtown)NOI (cash on cash): 6.13% - 7.8 %5 year ROI:  14% - 17.7%*Already has gained equity and isn't finished being built. 

Once you know what your hypothetical buying power would be, you can shop and see what type of property you could actually buy.

What I'm finding is that conventional single family loans I can get for ~5% down but once I start looking at conventional loans for 2 unit they go up to ~15% down and higher the more units the property  You should consider shopping around for a different loan officer maybe a broker.

Unless the landlord is really cheap and willing to sacrifice vacancy time for cheaper labor/materials cost, then a professional PM should be hiring professional crews to do the work...people where that task is their main job....not some side job that they can do when they get a chance...hell, I can do thatSo....you pay for vacancy time....or you pay for a more professional crew to do it faster...your choice.I'd be shopping for a new PM...... it may be even more important to find a new one BEFORE you go out of country since once you aren't around the current one may get even worse and then you will be trying to deal with issues or find a new one while you are gone.

call some place like Aqua Terra or safety Kleen and pay them to remove it Or siphon it into smaller containers Most auto parts stores accept used fluids in small containers  Stop in at a mechanic repair shop and ask if they can reccomend a company to remove it