This means more opportunities for the investors who can see the forest from the trees and it also means that I don't need to participate in a bidding war when I want to but a property there.

This approach might discourage legitimate wholesalers from participating in the community, even if they are following the guidelines.

I didn't meet anyone new that I ended up doing deals with.I have since participated in 4 MF deals. 1 person was met through MFM and 3 were connected through other mentorships.

The purpose of my post was to make others aware of the difficulties associated with selling entry level SFH's which tend to be in neighborhoods with limited owner occupant participation and when the owner occupant participation exists the buyer pool are the least qualified of the FHA buyer pool.

I also believe that having a mentor/coach/investor would allow me to learn, while participating in the project, and then allow me to rinse and repeat the process.  

Much less frequent, but we also weren't allowed to participate while my husband was a housing commissioner, as it would have been a conflict of interest.

.-  Investors may participate by purchasing individual shares at $5,000/share. - The minimum investment is $10,000 (or 2 shares) so small-balance IRAs, HSAs, and Coverdell ESAs may participate.

This file of loans is probably not even 1/10 of a percent of whatever the bank has on their balance sheet, i.e. hardly anyone is participating in sub2.

We are having trouble getting the assistance of the entire association for this so we are having the attorneys draft a notice to all the homeowners requiring their participation."

Also, the dirty little secret is they can make MUCH more educating than actually participating in deals....