You never know what kind of crap is hiding under someone's rehab.Plus, if you don't do the rehab yourself then you don't get the benefit of that portion of the equity increase.

@Arron RobertsonAll right, Arron, I'm going to give you my only slightly varnished version of this: this dude's messng with ya.

No hiding the assignment fee, no explaining my fee to the lender or struggling to get paid.

Sales to immediate family are certainly suspect to hiding assets and tax matters.

*Usually* the reason for off market sale is they’re hiding something or uneducated.

One thing you need to consider is that usually the popcorn ceilings or even troweled ceilings create a lot of dust plus it's an easy way for builders to hide imperfections and slam things through on cheap houses.If you scrape you might find a bunch of leveling problems and other things exposed that looks like crap unless it is coated and hidden in some way.The higher end homes here have the smooth ceilings just like the walls with heavy trim packages.

The agent (Listing) deserves to get paid)Also, this seller seems shady, What will he be hiding from you?

Even within the stock market, there were defensive stocks in which to hide. 

I have had some 1099 people willing to do this for a good reason but others were trying to hide something.

Get a carfax and take it to a AAA auto body place and have them do their 100+ point inspection to find out if they are hiding any issues and what costs may arise with the car.