Convince the lenders you have no money and no way to pay off the shortage.

All the foreclosures in these complexes are causing a shortage of hoa dues, leading to the complex going down hill: Termite damage left unrepaired, giant potholes, wood damage, squatters.

In many markets there is a shortage of rental properties.

And despair, in an age of increasing shortages, poverty and hopelessness, will be one of our few surplus commodities.

The latest status quo is that there is a shortage of housing because of delays in building residential homes (apartments & villas) and thus has alleviated the prices this year (2008).

With the money you have on hand, could you handle the expected repairs until the rents can be raised to cover the shortage?

If you have a quick flip strategy that you can do smoothly and make a quick 10k or more, you will never have a shortage of deals.

But yet we still have a nursing shortage in this country.

There is no shortage of folks looking to jump on the right deal.

Those are always taken out of the loan first before funds applying to payoff.Remember, the lender will allow you to come up with funds for any shortage from another source..ie..private loan or seller 2nd.I do know of a couple sources for that area depending on your credit score.