Not saying you are wrong and not saying you can't ask but as you laid it out you have no proof the seller was dishonest.  

But that’s dishonest and grimy and I don’t want to make a landlord feel like the rug is pulled out from under them or hate me before the lease even begins. 

They're upfront with their intentions, and the property owner doesn't really care how it gets done, this was a problem they had and the wholesaler has solved this problem for them.Scenario 2 Dishonest, equity-stealing wholesalerElderly person who has owned their home for decades, is deciding to go into assisted living.

So the bottom line is when people have shown they make bad decisions, the government needs to step in and make their decisions for them.As far as the other red tape associated with Section 8, that is to protect tenants and tax payer money from dishonest landlords.

Virtually no operators own the 1,000s of units and $ millions outright, so it is not dishonest or misleading because it is basically an industry standard metric.What is misleading and not as honest is when an operator includes their LP investments mixed with their GP investments in their totals. 

I always found it click baity and dishonest the way they had it before.

Originally posted by @Casey Caton:@Joe S.That is awesome!

Originally posted by @Casey Caton:@Daniel Overby Ozone treatment for sure.

Originally posted by @Casey Caton:@Kevin Jennings It's still possible to find those 1% deals, but generally off-market.

I believe the wo/man that would stand up and declare they've never just gone along to avoid difficulty would largely be dishonest. 3.