My personal belief is this can put their investor's money (and stress level) under undue pressure.

So your advice right now is to forgo a free $10k in the hopes of pressuring Congress to invent a new program through HUD?

I’ll say this, it’s concerning how bad the short term deflationary pressures are at the moment.  

That will mean massive surplus in space, which means downward pressure on value and rents.

Plan on $1000 per floor to have one Made with pressure treated.

CORRECTION: the home is in Rocky Mount, not Rocky Point, my apologies

(1) Is flipping really worth it or should I try BRRRR? 
(2) How do I decide what is the better option?(3) I have no capital can hard money lenders be trusted and is it as dangerous as it sounds?
(4) Should I study f...

Its common for sellers agent in this market to pressure buyers by saying there is another cash buyer on the horizon.   

It's a difficult balance because I really don't like the idea of forcing money up front (I feel a ton of pressure to perform for those clients) but am struggling to find a workable alternative.

Appraisers are getting a lot of pressure from banks.