@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.

Worth checking.

Next steps in this scenario: 1) Asking the agent if the landowner specifically stated to reject offers below a certain dollar amount. 2) If the agent doesn't respond or responds with a no, notifying them of the ethics violation. 3) Notifying the brokerage of the ethics violation. 4) Completing the form for the violation with the local real estate governing board. 5) Submitting your offer directly to their client, and bypassing the agent--check local laws on this one, as well as the do not call registry, before doing so.

Do you get credit score, eviction and criminal background checks for that $25 fee the tenant pays?

BP please have someone check on @Mike Lambert.  

Oh, and I knew near to nothing about finance short of how to get a checking account, but I knew how to build, and renovate, better then anyone else around, and I made a promise, so I went at it. 

The claim check is way over what I owe on the mortgage. 

Thanks for the reality check, glad we didn't do it since we moved out and fully rented out the triplex shortly after.

Send me a dm and ill give you my website so you can check out some projects we have done and the services we offer.

Nick never volunteered it, though he did respond to my emails within a week usually, when I checked in.