(They have other properties throughout the area listed as "approximate location" and not just this one, but most are listed as "location" with development name, street name or near an attraction.) 

My guess is that's probably around 50% to 100% of the amount of capital initially raised when this deal went out.This scenario is illustrative of the risks of short-term loans. 

How come shortly after questions were asked that you could not or would not answer the website disappeared from the Internet?

Shortly after finding that my note was separated from the mortgage and sold to Fannie Mae I started doing some digging and came across this very info you're mentioning.

Now, either I'm not posting in the right places of i.e Cragslist / BP etc or my ads aren't as well constructed as I think they would be to attract motivated sellers.

They are bought either with SHORT term high interest (hard money) type loans or purchased in cash.

You're spending over $600k (purchase price + rehab + fees) to make $25k, and then you'll have short term capital gains on that...

Many pest companies stated this was the worse infestation they had ever seen.Despite its condition, the property presented an attractive investment opportunity due to its below-market listing price.

Interest rate 3.8% In short this is how you do it...Find a flip opportunity, use hard money or what you got to buy, rehab it, re-finance it, boom.  

Land leases often complicate financing, limiting your buyer pool, especially if lease terms are unfavorable or the remaining lease duration is short.