That is not an uncommon scenario.  

It's not uncommon for applicants to be fearful of the process and let's face it most all of us fear rejection.Applicants often don't understand what 3 times really means, what does that mean to you? 

It is not uncommon to not hear much from the agent or only receive your notifications online.

Where I think you are getting confused is the now very uncommon land contract.

(You can search BP for the related posts for more insight.)Basically, I presented my seller 3 different options yesterday: 1) short the second (Nick inspired) and I'll buy on a wrap; 2) modify the second to add a movement clause (uncommon outside of commercial--aka floating mortgage), have the seller to transfer that second lien to another property, and I'll buy the target property on a wrap; and 3) Jason's "'They Pay You' Subject To".Another way to do this--that I didn't suggest to the seller--is: offer to take over the payments and retail it with a lease-option to a buyer with a few dings--but no evictions, foreclosures, or bankruptcies--on his/her credit.

The bank never agreed, which is not uncommon.

Once you get financed for the higher amount, its not uncommon to make $80k or more per deal as a pre-tax net.

Not overly common but also not uncommon.

And by the way, what you are talking about as far as the tenant being responsible for the expenses, taxes, insurance, maintenance, etc... that is what is called a Triple Net Lease here in the US and it is not uncommon for some commercial applications.Hope that helps.Ivan

It's not uncommon to see wholesaler/flippers buying a property and then immediately offering for sale at an inflated price but only to cash buyers - a lender will not do it without seasoning.The answer to this dilemma is what all of these long term hold folks have discovered.