Hey Seth - With your construction background, you're in a great position as leveraging that rehab experience will be a huge advantage when securing financing.

No matter if you try to help, if they can exploit you they often will.Like others have mentioned you need a license and even when you don't if something goes wrong, you could face lawsuits if you even smell like giving them official advice.My REAL advice however is this, and I hope you take this warning seriously.Let's talk about foreclosures for a second.According to data a few years ago (it is worse now) every 3000 mailers will get you 1 deal, which makes the chances of them wanting to sell their house 0.03%.This means 99.97% of the time, when you approach someone in foreclosure they are not interested in selling.So understand what you are factually doing...You are going through all this trouble to EXPLICITLY try to find people that do NOT want to sell their house (people in foreclosure), to try to get them to sell their house?

The wholesaler assigning a contract they didn’t secure yet. 

Consider all the things that could go wrong and see if the lease addresses them: unauthorized pets or tenants, early termination, security deposit, lease violations, late rent, eviction, lawn maintenance, parking, etc.5.

The program had a blue print for securing your first deal in 90 days.

@Samuel MartinTo secure a new property deal with limited capital and potential DTI challenges, consider Home Equity Line of Credit(HELOC) or Cash-Out Refinance, partner with someone with capital or credit, explore creative financing options, use a BRRRR Strategy, reduce DTI through income boosts or portfolio loans.

Had them sign leases and got security deposits.

So, if you secure just 1 or 2 bookings under 7 days, you could potentially meet the criteria, provided you demonstrate material participation and proper active management of the property.

@Sol BergrenBP had a legend on their podcast episode 399: Jeff Thorman who discussed this common problem.My experience there's a handful of root causes:- Subfloor is not level - in which case this is bound to happen no matter how well you installed- Improper installation - I've found the planks seem tight when they typically have a small bit they could get tighter which is why I always use a scrap piece of the interlocking flooring, then while installing each piece of flooring, I pull into place manually as best I could, then use the scrap flooring to lock into the open side of the piece I'm installing and tap with a hammer as needed until the pieces is truly secure in place.

Earnest money deposits are often required to secure a purchase agreement, signaling a buyer's serious intent to sellers.