Even on the other end, when you don't have any of your money in the deal, you can still make more money by doing higher dollar houses and/or more of them (not to mention your risk of loss is way, way lower).As far as this deal, its unusual that someone would have 30 houses bought and not have the money to rehab them, but I could see me doing something like that on a bulk deal or something. 

I've borrowed books and a certain magazine from my friend, but feel bad if I bend the cover or whatever.

I try not to deal with listed properties.3) An investor/agent will not baulk at some of your unusually low offers.

I think SF is an unusual market and I would not decide based on the relative age of the home.

I have also read that unusual envelopes (color, shape) are good too.

An unusual situation to be sure.This is very different from a custom home builder who has his own crews or subs doing the work, and I felt there was too much opportunity for disagreement or trouble if the work wasn't done to my satisfaction or preference or if the budget was blown, but I was obligated to pay for it and potentially to own the home if Yan were to fail to close on his end of the contract.

Not unusual for them to have 10-20% down payment requirements, though some will also lend all or part of the rehab costs.

It would be unusual, for example, for a typical residential lease to include the right to cut down timber.

There seems to be an unusually high presence of individuals who are people of "the cloth" who live around that area of town. 

Do not try to do anything unusual.