HUD Cash vs leverage when bidding

[Rich Thoms]

pretty frustrated with my agent as they dont seem to know much about HUD. My question is if offering to buy in cash (refi shortly after) would tip the scale in a bid situation or does it not matter to them how the funding is sourced?

just trying to determine if saying i have the money and can close fast matters in this situation

[Greg H.]

As @Account Closed said, it makes zero difference to HUD. The box checked on the electronic bid if the bidder is not using FHA financing states "paying cash, or applying for conventional or other financing not involving HUD/FHA". So HUD actually has no idea whether the bid is cash or financing until after the bid is accepted