I work for a hard money lender called Backflip and we have members/investors do flips in flood zones all the time.

If you have been to these towns, they are good examples but very difficult to enter and make money from. 

Hey Bugger Pockets Community,I just finished reading Brandon Turner's book on investing with little to no money down (amazing book btw) and I am interested in knowing what are people's experience with MLO's and seller financing.

The intention is to minimize errors and thus save developers money.

He scammed a lot of people out of a lot up-front of money.

Is the question Do I ask my parents to look elsewhere because I want to make money?

I am brand new to this app, and wanting to connect with people who have done wholesaling with minimal money of their own involved. 

In terms of other factors, I'm not sure there's a lot because I did have some people express interest in filling out an application before, and I actually got really close with one potential tenant, but it was because of the alcohol policy that he ultimately decided to back out.

If you go hard money, you might be able to get a 70% LTV.

And, since 2012, after FHFA was back on its feet, the Treasury has been paid an ongoing dividend on the earnings of FHFA. ie the government / taxpayers are making money on Fannie and Freddie, for bailing them out (more on this later).