You leave early, he gets to make the place rent-ready and put it on the market basically on YOUR dime.  

They are all worth every dime.

If they agent was familiar with investors and selling distressed properties, they would have informed the owner of the potential outcomes and advised them on taking a course of action that wouldn't lead to a failed sale.All it would've taken was saying "Hey, uhhhh... you might want to fix that." before putting it on the market and many of these failures could be avoided.Or simply telling the homeowner that although the all-cash, quick close offer is a lower, it's much more likely to be a sure thing and go all the way through to closing.The hierarchy of offer consideration should always be in this order:Cash ConventionalFHA / VAA useful concept to understand in this business is that "A fast nickel is better than a slow dime."

Why not learn mistakes and successful models on another company's dime?

They're not likely to want to spend a dime, for "your" problem.  

Nickeling and diming you say?

There are plenty of better opportunities to spend $500k in Hollywood/Miami on a condo that will pay for itself and allow you to use it while not being such a headache or feel like you are being nickel & dimed. 

Before you spend a dime on it, you better make sure with accuracy that you know how much money you need to spend to get it up and running at least decently. 

The borrower stayed in the property for about ~ 3 years without paying a dime!.

At foreclosure, that HELOC lender wouldn't make a dime.