The lender is the institution who makes the loan not the guy you talk to. 

You know that person just got royally f*cked. 

To your point above though, the institutional and PE interest in this asset class is a little unsettling.

I had a calm today with Royal Legal solutions as I own three businesses in California and need to move them to a trust and start shielding myself and succession plan as well.

The seller assumes the role of lender while continuing to make payments on the original mortgage.In this arrangement, the originating lending institution can still foreclose on a property if the seller fails to maintain the mortgage.

AND to buttress that argument...large institutional players and HNW individuals w/ access to capital above what my savings acct will every show don't do unlevered deals.Good posts and thoughts above. 

Owner occupied, meaning consumer loans, DF applies to private loans as well as institutional loans.

If you follow the Kem Gardener Institute out of the U, you can track growth trends.3.

I have heard there are some local financial institutions which encourage investing in certain areas and are willing to provide some incentives.

@Alison CromwellIn order to obtain a flip loan with no consistent income history, the following steps need to be undertaken: create an impressive credit score, put aside more funds as a down payment, check out new methods of getting funding besides what is available from banks or other financial institutions, involve yourself in investments with toughened entrepreneurs, show how financially sound you are by doing things such as getting enough money into savings over time through frugal living habits or accumulating valuable assets that can be readily converted into cash when required among others like developing several stable sources of income or steadily growing one.