Many sellers will not accept this since they are in second position, and it is very risky since if you default (higher probability for investors with no money and/or no skin in the game), they will most likely be wiped out during a foreclosure.

but working with someone who is local to your market, who can show you their legal documents that they have used, introduce you to a proper title/attorney office for drafting documents...I mean, nothing is foolproof...but that route will have a significantly higher success rate. 

Higher property taxes compound the expense for buyers, making affordability harder to achieve.

Do you see higher vacancies in the winter, and how do you get proactive to help mitigate this? 

That’ll create higher chances of your project finishing ahead of time and create better alignment with you and your general contractor.

Well, without any kind of significant cash on their end there is going to be a much higher chance of default.

In this case, the demand for water was higher than anyone would have ever anticipated combined with a few other things.  

But we also have some great wins that returns are substantially higher than whats being talked about here but I would never publicize them as folks first would not believe it and second think it was not legal or something. 

non owner occupied may get taxed at a higher rate than owner occupied.

The more you pull out the higher the rate.