Significant and sustained population growth leads to demand exceeding current supply, causing prices to rise until there's a rough balance between sellers and buyers.

If any of the proceeds touch the sellers hand the IRS sees it as taking profit and you will have to pay taxes on that portion.Net proceeds - Is the net sale, minus any Equity in home being sold.I find a lot of investors who want to purchase less than their reinvestment requirements will do the calculation to see what their tax burden would be if they purchase less than they sell.

I've been a solo broker for well over 20 years and can spot a serious buyer/seller very quickly. 

They just make sure to disclose that they don’t represent the buyer or the seller I guess.

Personally I never listen to what the seller states the income is as they are sometimes way off.

If you have a seller-financed deal, I can help you line up a DSCR loan and set up a second position behind it so you don’t have to come out of pocket much.

Motivated sellers and distressed properties are more likely to surface.Creative Financing: Higher interest rates are opening doors to strategies like seller financing or subject-to deals, where you can secure more favorable terms directly from sellers.Shift in Buyer Preferences: With work-from-home trends still influencing housing demand, suburban and secondary markets are seeing strong growth.

Because it looks shady to most sellers, in a variety of ways. 

It helps being willing to talk to sellers/get on the phone and talk to folks in the real estate space in general but the most important thing in my opinion is being an honest and true person.

We are starting to see more sellers open to real estate contracts and have some great lenders who have great programs.