Often times, especially for mortgages that exceed the GSE standards, some other actor on the secondary market is willing to pay top dollar.

Those supposed teachers were the best ACTORS I have ever met in my life! 

It is not an act carried out after the act or investment has been made. 

But I know there are many legitimate, honest actors who will get the deal done, and will not charge the homeowner a penny.I know there are also companies that do the negotiation with the lenders.

Anyone can go back to my previous posts and I think what you will find is that most of the time I mentioned the Safe Act or other requirements, that there is little acknowlegement by anyone and it is ignored as it has been in this thread.So, Conrad, compliance will likely be a downside to what you have planned.

Jeremy Roll (professional passive investor in 80+ opportunities) estimates the fraud/bad actor/scammers at 2% of all private placements.

At best, the reality show actors probably make a brief appearance at the highest cost events.  

I'm not even sure there was malicious intent, just a long list of things that could and did go wrong. 

Also a professional actor; you can find my work as 'John Patryn' (stage name) on IMDb ROOTSBorn in Poland, grew up in Finland, moved to NYC from Stockholm, Sweden.

The ownership environment is changing, especially with incoming political actors, and long term hold expectations may be upended with radical shifts in protections for property owners