This will then hurt the speculators and others who were relying on those in the golden triangle to cash out and invest in their market. 

If the leasehold had terminated prior to the transfer of ownership, and the security deposit obligation was not part of the sale transfer, it is likely, although not guaranteed, that original lessor is liable for its return.All this is speculative without looking at the contract terms and the lease.

There are people out there that would feel more comfortable lending in this situation since the property is actually owned and not speculative. 

You don’t get that equity until you sell and that kind of rhetoric makes you a speculator.

I won't get any equity, but (speculating) the area is currently undergoing gentrification and should be considered a "great" neighborhood in another 3 - 4 years.

Stop speculating, nail down your criteria, stick to your criteria, and only buy at DEEP discounts from MOTIVATED sellers.Good luck.

A lot of the future risk and reward is going to be somewhat speculative itself, so you can see why there are hundreds of thousands of finance professionals who do this every day for a living.

But @Nick Stango doesn't have that proof, and you're telling him to potentially completely tarnish his relationships with two wholesalers based off of speculation, and he almost definitely could ruin those valuable relationships by just going to the seller to gather information.

I think it is unfair to speculate how much $ each party is "scamming" for... there could be a lot of extra and/or unforseen expenses involved for anybody... and nobody is in business to LOSE money!

The research chose the period from 2012 - 2014 if I remember right and the conclusion is housing market is beating wage increase 13: 1.But before that, we have the market dropped by as much as 50%, and I believe most people's wages didn't drop or by that much.It does make sense that the valuation is getting higher, which means investors need to be more careful and distinguish investing vs. speculating.