Seller's agent saying he doesn't want to put any money in until after the inspection contingency is waived, But how do I guarantee the work gets done?

However, this method often fails because it doesn't account for operating costs.

They likely do not have access to those easier sources of capital though because of their shady business history and practices.Good investors do not need your money or partnership. same s**t to syndicator as well, if they do lot of marketing, run away ..... chase syndicator that doesn't need new investor lol

Your idea of doing so is not a bad one at all, but what you may find is that owners may rebuff the disclosure and try to find another company that doesn't require disclosure.  

Equity- The house doesn’t have enough equity to regain the money we put into it if we sell it right now. 2.

Petscreening (to my knowledge) doesn't provide any guidance on this issue.

The owner just showed me a loan statement that is 5 months old and doesn't know what they currently owe and doesn't know the payoff amount.

And remember, both will appear cheap to you, but that doesn't mean they will necessarily be good investments.  

That was kind of my thoughts is I got quoted for 8.9% on a HELOC but running the numbers on a long-term rental just doesn’t make sense. buy more doors and let rent and debt pay down and equity do its staying overtime but there’s also a lot of pucker factor if everything doesn’t go according to plan. 

I'm in a small community in a state that doesn't exist, so my BP account doesn't bring me any real business to speak of.