Because they can't make a commission on it. Simple Truths.But you can make a ton of money, if you do it correctly.

If you ever held a leaf blower into a burn pile you get a sense of what oxygen does to a fire.

If you have a network of a couple consistent buyers, that's all you'll ever need.

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Have they ever done this?

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Has anyone ever had a similar issue to this?

This was the first property I ever purchased so I have a lot of equity and I feel like it could be better used.

@Zach Denny Did you ever put your deal together, if so I'd be curious what the bank required on CLTV and if you had to source the total down payment (PP-First Loan) then apply seller second, or if the bank let you do all that at closing functionally making your DP = PP-First Loan-Second Loan.

These days, it seems like people are coaches/mentors who used to flip houses and haven't actually done a deal in ten years, if ever.