The common theme with these investors is that they get caught in the penny pinch trap.

@Jose TovarI would check around, we wanted to speed up our process and were in a slight pinch with our DTI for conventional lending due to our volume of loans and pitched a bank model of construction financing with a higher interest rate to some of our private lenders and hard money lenders and are currently working our first build with private money this way. 

You'll get discounts pretty fast when you send them enough business.I just did that on Friday and it cost me $600 to replace three pipe fittings for a washing machine and an outdoor faucet and to pinch some pipes off.My father said, like I personally stole it from his back pocket, "$600?! 

Ive met some people with LOADS of money that are older (>60) and some have told me they wish they enjoyed more time with family or little splurges when they were younger not just pinching every penny.  

He said if they die and a relative takes over the note they could possibly call it due and we could be stuck in a pinch.  

You're risking liability exposure if you don't address this promptly.Stop pinching pennies which could cost you $Thousands!

In a pinch if an investor needed more cash than a refi would allow a quick sale of a rehabbed property may provide that.

Rehabbing from afar is a recipe for disaster in my opinionWe sometimes still loose our A$$ to this day and our office is within a 5 min drive of most of our properties Just had someone "pinch" $32,000 from us not long agoFirst time we filed a report and a civil suitUsually we just "dismiss it" as the cost of doing businessThus far that cost has creeped into the high 6 figure range over the years lolJust my opinion off course

If anything goes sideways like an unexpected large maintenance expense, unexpected vacancy, tenant stops paying, etc. you could find yourself in a pinch real quick.Agree with save up some money for reserves first, then for the down payment and look for your next deal.

If your good at keeping rehab costs down maybe you can afford to pay a pinch over 70% of ARV , I see so many people get stuck on that and never pull a trigger.