Now I failed high school math 3 times, but...$45,500 spent over 20 units in the span of a year comes to be $2,275/unit.

Which can cause higher risk of the deal falling through if any of those parties fail to perform.

I failed miserably and quit the business within a year.

If the transferor were a foreign taxpayer, and  the Buyer or settlement officer, fail to withhold those funds, they could be held liable for the tax.FIRPTA withholding does include exceptions to the withholding rules.

Normally if a flip fails, you switch to hold and rent.

What they didn’t realize (and their agent failed to communicate) was that the home was surrounded by Section 8 housing and neighbors were walking through the property multiple times per day.

In my state, if it’s an as-is sale then normally inspection is treated as pass/fail, not new price negotiations.

Many people say they failed at investing but never actually followed through with what they said they were going to do. 

Then the water fill switch failed and it filled the house with water.

I have a failed partnership in my past as well...feel like we all need 1 to remind us that partnerships are really hard. 10 years from now this won't matter unless something happens that causes you to be estranged from your brother.