and in the extremely rare instance that someone runs off with your money it appears to me you’re out of luck.  

@Ted Akers  yes for instance this would not work well in WA with the excise tax of 1.78% or there about on title transfers.this was a low end deal in GA so it was a normal wholesaler approach I think the guy made 10k on the deal we made a few bucks and they absorbed the one closing costs and transfer tax which was probably nominal I would have to look at the hud.I can see this working in states were double escrows are not allowed any more... or if a wholesaler wanted to put to bed the thought that they are selling re without a license.. you know the wild wild west out there in that industry were basically anything goes   until it does not  LOL.I am NMLS mortgage banker sitting in the bullpen.. my license is on ICE but I do the CE.. just don't want to have to take the test again incase I want to jump back into doing HML.. so for right now taking title is a clear path.. no securities issues no licensing issues.. etc etc.. and 100% control. the only way I will do this these days.. but then again my clients are well known to me for more than a decade most of them and they are high volume flippers etc... so we have a lot going on...

For instance, at one home I saw a crack in the walkway by the steps leading to the front door.

For instance if someone has a really low credit score but their previous landlord said they were an ideal tenant and they passed income requirements I may take them.  

which seems rather 'overpriced,' for an REI venture with a handful of people or less (in most instances) using the data lines and server space, etc. 

No lender has come back after this - so far.We have only had 1 instance where the mortgage was paid off and this was due to a very low balance being owed when dealing with a DOS clause issue.We have not had to have an end buyer sell a property; however, this is listed as one of the possible outcomes if there are issues. 

Anyway, I wanted to introduce myself and say hi in the first instance.

I have every empathy for folks who are hurting especially from instances that are from outside of their control, but filing bankruptcy to get out of debt that she chose to sign up for and promise to pay for the sole purpose of getting ahead faster (her story, not mine) seems less than ethical and Bigger Pockets promoting it is questionable.

For instance, if you finance a $180,000 property + monthly expenses and rent it out for $1,800 per month, your ROI in the second year might be around 2% --- And I say second yr because your first year you'd have added onetime costs on that financing.

The $36,000 a year for instance...