Then go home and bake your own and hope you do it right.You can go buy a cook book (like a course) and follow the instructions, which is great, but you might still need some pointers . . .

Builder has been building in our area for 15 years and I've gotten good reviews from banks, prior investors and sub contractors.

You do have to be able to front the cash prior to each draw, but other than that they've been good to work with 

Instead we were told we had to pay $500 to attend a 3 day class workshop where we would be instructed on how to obtain real estate deals that would make us thousands of dollars, and in the bag of goodies they sold us was an Ipad as part of the deal.

Historically the market slowed down in the months prior, as people tend to freeze in the face of uncertainty. 

To be clear, the potential guest involved wanted to walk through the rental prior to booking it. 

@Terri AbsherNot familiar with them but here is a prior post on BP about themhttps://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/311/topics/1006736-has-anyone-done-business-with-flipos

Quote from @Jamie Bateman: @Chris Seveney well, I don't want to increase the demand for the next trade, but with the HECM NPLs you get interior photos prior to bidding.

Prior to these neighbors, the unit above was occupied, and we never experienced any problems.We’ve spoken to management multiple times, but they’ve been completely unhelpful and have taken no meaningful action and even told us that we are making the noise up, inspite security having been to our apartment numerous times wittnessing the noise. 

You could also ask if you could do your inspection prior to going under contract and then make an offer without the inspection contingency.