If this is a large brokerage I would see if there is a better agent within that brokerage than the one you were simply handed when your previous agent left.

But the main reason I came back after the app was eliminated was to simply help people not make the same mistakes I did.It would be cool to somehow improve my knowledge, networking etc thogh.

If Eli operates his business correctly he will personally be fine and given the collateral is an FHA property the transactional costs simply don't justify the added transactional expenses if a risk analysis were run.

A lender may not attempt to influence the operations of a borrower except for the collection of amounts due.You can certainly partner, simply have XYZ Capital fund a loan to your Rehab LLC partnership and go at it, the LLC will be on the note with you as a principal.

So that in mind, the "secret sauce" on how to get discounting from builders is doing it in a Win-Win manner. 

Ultimately a 1031 would have been the smartest move to buy another property and simply do a cash out refinance in 6 months to have access to some of the funds.

It should be a win-win for both parties in the future.Buyers will win because they will do their complete due diligence and use a professional (as opposed to a family member or friend with just a license, who sells 1 home every 2 years lol) so that they can get the best representation possible. 

It still amazed me how few real estate brokers, residential and commercial, simply do not answer their phones or reply to emails/text messages in a timely manner, if at all.

Cashflow is simply what is left over after an asset generates revenue and pays all of its expenses.

In this space there are many lenders that bait and switch, scam, or simply do not perform.