Yes I was thinking about the same thing when it comes to auction there are bigger sharks and already have finances available that shouldn't be very suitable for a beginner.

You and your new wife should move into the in-law suite for a year or so and rent out the larger portion to save more money.As for other methods other methods to get started there are loan sharks, rob a bank, sell drugs.

Once a shark gets a taste of blood they never forget it and will keep going .

Its interesting how they follow close to sharks and other large animals, this bond is symbiotic(they both benefit).

Occam's Razor suggests it will be the latter.

I sort of dismissed this path thinking it was perhaps along the line of a "loan shark" or a payday advance. 

I guess she out-sharked the shark. 

I tried to explain to him that it is just a numbers game to me, and that I am not looking to be a "Shark"; He told me that some investors do it, and end up with bad reputations for doing so.

I live in the Denver area which is currently a real estate investor shark feeding frenzy.

Because of this, you have just opened up 1 or more slots available for additional Fannie Mae financing.