But consumers sued them all too many times and for too much money.

And honestly it boils down to money , thats the bottom line .

They must be very low odds because insurance companies are in the business of making money, not paying out maximums.

Sellers are always going to look at more money down more favorably unless the agent explains the why behind doing the FHA, especially in a competitive market.

Otherwise, you'll have to go for a hard money lender and expect 12%+.

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If that investor hadn't planned it carefully and re-invested that money into the property or even the purchase of another then a recapture fee would hit them hard. 

Thats a lot of work that a company would have to do and they would want their money back on the development costs.

They aren’t able to get a mortgage themselves so they would provide the money while the mortgage and deed would be in the others name.  

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