Its lazy money you can't easily or cheaply access and something that can disappear through market downturn or even lawsuit collections. 

There are a large number of individuals claiming to fund your project and after they have your money, they disappear. 

With only $3000 in equity which could have disappeared yesterday in this market, means you are asking someone to buy something that has less value than the paper they are holding.

And believe me, we have earned EVERY penny of it, as the family has repeatedly brought in bedbugs, lives in incredible filth, refused to pay their tiny portion of the rent, concealed earnings from Sec 8 - not, of course, the father's - he never has worked - but the high school aged sons' earnings, and even brought in a young teenage girl who we were quite sure was the next wife - she disappeared after we called the authorities about that.So it's really been a mixed bag. 

Unless the new owner wants to rent to the tenant, the tenant must quickly leave the property or face abrupt eviction.Missouri law currently requires a new owner to give a tenant living in a foreclosed property at least 10 business days written notice to vacate the unit.

Last year this abruptly ended and all of our bins were collected by the city.

If you do this, it makes it refundable if applicant disappears.

I guess the point is the game is always changing but the opportunity never disappears.

Notice how his posts have abruptly stopped since he got called out.

The shale oil fields in the Dakota oil fields sprung up over night and created huge opportunities, then disappeared almost as fast.