“Notes” are such a BIG field, that I’ve found it more efficient, effective and profitable to target specific “arena” of notes at different times in different economic environments.  

She prefers they sell the house right now, as is, and live off their profit.

Buy a fixer-upper to renovate and flip for a profit?

It is not a scam, but you will have a very hard time finding a deal that is worth working with them, and frankly you are going to have to find someone that does not understand at all what their property is worth and get them to accept a super lowball offer to make it worth it. even then their points and fees will eat up so much that getting the 10% down loan will have a much much higher profit margin. 

There are plenty of other markets you can stay legal in and even turn a profit.

Purchase price: $690,000 Cash invested: $172,500 Took a gamble on a larger single family home in an up and coming master planned community.

.$70k out of my pocket cash and sell the house when it is done for $360k to $400Kclosing cost $40k so 360 - 40 = 320 - 270 = 50K profit or 400k - 40k = 360k - 270k = 90k profitthe $360k is conservative for sale price chino hill ca.at least that was what i had bouncing in my head

You are a renter and subletting that people rebranded to make oodles of dollars on.I would also be curious to see how profitable this is, especially as the economy continues to show more signs of major cracks

If I profit off of you buying real estate, then yes!  

If you can navigate it, it can be very profitable.3.