I've even resorted to HUBZU to try to find something with no success there either.  

Seller as a Partner: Partners is a very last resort!

Try other methods before blasting through walls but last resort that could be this issue especially if its an older condo.

Could maybe use some upgrading.The owner has a small resort that they are selling as well.

An example to the contrary would be attempting to sell said real property but resorting to creating a loan, with no premeditated intention per se, in order to create the sale.  

We have a vacation rental condo at the Princesa Resort on Sandy Beach in Puerto Penasco (Aka Rocky Point).  

Hard Money Loans should be viewed as a last resort, but shouldn't be counted out entirely.

.- I plan to occupy one of the units and rent the 3 others- The seller is said to accept cash-only transactions- I am pre-approved for almost 4 times the property list price by multiple institutions for FHA and Conventional loans, such as QuickenLoans, Fairway Mortgages, Freedom Mortgages, Village Mortgages, etc- Just in case, I also have one private money lending connection at a rate of 12%Here is my dilemma.Because of the cash-only transaction, it is my understanding that I cannot resort to any of the lending institutions above, and rely on some sort of direct funding.However, it appears that Dodd-Frank law prevents private money lending for funding my very 1st house purchase for owner occupied type investments.Here are my questions:- Is the above true? 

Often you have excluded real estate, lawyers, business man who have a half a dozen of relatives friend who are brokers.In places like Vegas, Florida resort town the success rate is slightly higher. 

I worked on a project 10 years ago that involved turning a raw land campground into a 100+ room luxury cabin and tent resort....in five months.