@Mike Flora  It is not uncommon for the trustee to have a check written to them. 

No one is so brilliant to invent ways to get money from someone with providing adequate security for them and convince a judge that it was the right thing to do.Creative Financing does not mean doing something that is so uncommon and off the wall or just so plain complicated that a reasonable person could not follow what is going on, it should be prudent, in line with similar business dealings for the type of transaction involved and be reasonable, not just something someone smoking loco weed would do under the influence!

How common (or uncommon) is it to refer one of your investors to another wholesale deal that is not your own, and collect a pre-arranged amount from the wholesaler, before or after closing?

It is also not uncommon to get roof damage from the hailstorms that seem to occur every few years.

You need to start drilling down a little deeper into what can and has happened when someone does some predatory, uncommon, unusual, convoluted transaction that they got someone involved in. :)

You should also consider writing in extension clauses so you don't lose your option money should you not be able to close within the specified period of time.I am not experienced in this type of deal, but have heard/read about them and they are not uncommon.

It is not uncommon for the Unauthorized Occupant to out themselves if they don't know who I am.

It's not uncommon for 3 out of 5 to no show, so I tell them if they don't call me 1 hour ahead of time, I'm not going to be there.

It might be a good tool for establishing replacement value for a home only.Example, it was not uncommon to appraise a double-wide home in a park that sold for $25K and the NADA 'booked' out at $45K.

It is not uncommon for beginners to 1.