*Banks don't list foreclosure listings on their websites.

Bank accounts, stocks, all assets. 

She did babysitting, banked about $7,000, invested the $7,000 into a co-op in downtown Los Angeles with another Japanese girlfriend.

Make sure you have enough saved up not only for the down payment but also closing cost, plus some reserve in bank accounts or in other investment accounts!

It stopped when he lost a couch in transport when his roof rack failed.  

I fail regularly but I have become more used to the fact that failing is a necessary part of success.

The vast majority of "regular" or traditional (Conv/Govt) mortgages are originated by specialty lenders and brokers and are sold in the secondary market to provide yield on bank balance sheets (think Chase or BoA) or to be securitized into MBS.

Since HELOCs have a variable rate, you’re banking on rates staying the same or decreasing.

This might be a silly question but have you ever been successful in getting the developer to finance it for you versus a bank or other loan?

For example, bank accounts we control and specific investor capital accounts are all tracked in this same software.For our investor reports, each month we download spreadsheets, write a narrative for the month's performance and then export it all to a PDF.