I know this defeats the purpose of investing for cash flow.

Again, they'll be far more interested in the property itself and it's income potential versus you personally.Sometimes the easiest way to defeat a problem is simply to shop for things where the problem doesn't exist.

But if it was an Investor looking to put $10 down so that he can assign the contract for $25k then the judge will shoot him down and threaten him for practicing RE without a license (ask me how do I know).If Investors here were organized we could defeat that ruling, I'm sure.

There are ways to defeat that, but not sure it would work in this situation.

Getting a deposit back before a person moves out would defeat the purpose of the deposit (to pay for any damages done during tenancy and move in/out).

“At the time, I was pretty defeated.

Would making double payments defeat the purpose of getting the low interest rate?

At that point you may defeating the preceived purpose of BP, giving good advice that is universal and free of the guru flavor. :)

However, I think you'd still have to disclose that it has asbestos, which defeats the purpose of covering it.

I'm stuck paying the PMI and if I were to refi (according to one lender) my PMI with more than double, which would defeat the purpose.