One was because the lights had gone out on the main floor, and "it's too dark right now to go down to the basement to check the generator."

Its not something someone can shadow me on.

I do not have any deals under my belt myself, but for what it's worth, I have been mentored by a very successful flipper in my area and have completely shadowed him for the past seven months on all of his deals start-to-finish.

Find a local investor you can shadow who knows how to do deals as short sales.It's clear from your post you are not well versed on short sales at all.Good Luck

I would guess that for the most part, bedrooms aren't completely dark with no windows.

There's a lot of great advice here, but the first thing I noticed was the dark photos that look like they were taken with an iPhone.

Talked my way into a paid internship and shadow experience.

In my area of the world, everyone is staining wood pretty dark (walnut?

The tax side of investing is a dark territory for me.Thanks again for all your help!

This 'shadow' inventory seems to be a VERY slow moving one, at least in Vegas, imo.