Finally, we do not care about your tax returns, etc.- since these loans are primarily based off of the asset as collateral.

Their training was less than mediocre and I just returned from a wealth conference and had the Pricelabs CEO look at my listing and confirmed the direction given was not necessary.  

Or even missing out on securing a better deal, higher price, or greater return but did not do so, often due to a lack of negotiation or oversight.

They weren’t thrilled about moving, but we worked with them—returned their deposit and offered cash for keys to help them transition into a new rental.

I always put in MIA or somewhere I can get to easily when searching.  

If you can buy something habitable, and rehab it over time while you live there, that could be a home run of an investment when you look at your return on investment, especially if you house hack.Sure you may leave cash in the deal, but if you buy right, it could still be an extremely profitable and low-barrier to entry way to get into real estate.

Most of our investments we look at IRR (time value of money) to determine which investment is a good fit for us at this time - which factors in returns, risk and time of investment - is it a short term investment we want to get appreciation play or long term fixed income investment.

What would you do if you got someone to do it, gave the money they gave you to the seller as his/her earnest money, and the closing fell apart but the seller refused to return the money or tied it up in escrow or arbitration? 

It's easily the number 1 savior i've seen in multiple of my clients.

Once you have your directors and can clearly articulate your mission, you can create one relatively easily through LegalZoom.