If a wholesaler made that same deal, though, you'd have accused them of ripping off the poor homeowner.  

There were other accusations such as putting a kitchen in at night ..but unfounded.

They have bank regulators breathing down their necks and must underwrite loans conservatively or lose their jobs or worse yet be accused of fraudulent activity by the feds for not following protocols and get into legal trouble.

Then in the presence of both of them, negotiate the terms of sale (transfer) so there's no accusations at some point down the road that you took advantage of the old fellow in some way.

You accuse me of being Closed Minded and Defensive?

This leads to just putting in the bare minimum to make it habitable but being accused of being a slumlord.

Any evictions are an automatic 'no', but I will consider someone with a foreclosure/short sale.Establish your rules, and go by them, that way you won't be accused of discrimination,

Less possibility of being accused of "selling securities" that way vs. the money guy investing a wad of cash and you using it as you wish.  

At that time I said you can move now or have the sheriff help you later, and she accused me of threatening her.  

I might buy his properties (it is a big package and about half are further than I like to buy), I might not, but what I will not do is what you accuse every poster in this forum of doing without ever providing helpful information.