After reading a lot about the REI industry I feel like this is this perfect fit for me.

@Erique Gibbs I don't see how you fit in the picture using a realtor?  

We fit three large chairs very comfortably there.  

A smaller bank can adjust there lending to fit an investor.  

Arrange the owner carried note to fit within that and you have a deal.

I have found a middle class neigborhood that fits your description and is still selling fast, so rehabbers would be more likely to want it.

So, this property needs to be worth at least $350K to fit into that criteria.

What about any renovations that need to be done to get the home to saleable quality...you can always get bids from contractors, inspectors etc..your goal is to make the home look like a bad deal for anybody, especially for the previous homeowners who will lose money in the long run if they foreclose on the home (or at least you want them to think so)If they ask you why you want the home so bad...just tell them that it fits your criteria...size, bed/bad etc...Hope that helps.

Weird bathrooms so I built my own vanities since they had to be custom fit, EVERYTHING in this house was runed, every ppice of glass, sliding doors, air handler and a/cwas gone, holes in the ceiling, ou name it. 30k was chump chage on this boarded up home!

You have to look at the whole application package, and put all the pieces of the information puzzle together and see that they fit.