You can find deals even in This market.Here is what I know to be true out of experience: in the world of investing there are two tragedies.

Definitely makes sense to be careful when looking into funding sources as some might take advantage of some of the pressures faced when trying to close what often might be an already complicated deal.This would be some of the case specifics from the FBIs website, for readers not familiar with the case (not sure if we could include hyperlinks here):“...Through lies and deceit, the defendants took advantage of a national tragedy and unsuspecting investors and stole millions of dollars so they could line their own pockets...

But I don't live my life like there is a tragedy around every corner. 

What if a sub earns his money and the owner runs into some tragedy.

Personally, I think this is a tragedy and has made retirements worse for a large portion of Americans, but that's a political debate and isn't worth going into here.Anyway, just be careful in your search for your investment options and be cautions that a person selling you the investment might not have your best interests at heart because they could be getting paid more to sell you junk.

Of course if there are dire circumstances or some sort of major tragedy then you can consider it.

Italian tragedies in general are my preference.

We had a personal family tragedy that put a stop to the flip activity for about 6 weeks.

I help the seller sell the house quickly and efficiently so that whatever tragedies that may be happening in their life, they can further reduce that stress.

This was a tragedy that occurred because at least one (and by some accounts two) person/people mishandled a situation and it escalated.