Every VA in the world is using that nonsense.It doesn't even make sense to a seller since you said you can have their property sold AND you decide on a price and send the money to them.

Redoing the titles and warranty deeds for our properties is costing us money I could have avoided if I had known better. 

You need to study Low and No Money Down Real Estate Investing.

It's so bad I think most realtors don't even ever give it consideration. 

The idea that you can build wealth without putting any money into it is a recipe for disaster and the sales pitch of gurus trying to steal your money.

My friend is going to supply the money for the down payment.

They’ll come for their money regardless of where it ends up. 

Does it usually cost money to have a contractor come out and do this?

The market looks great now because so many investors are pumping money into that market.

Where in your pean to sub to do you limit its use to buyers who have the money to buy out the mortgage on no notice when the seller’s lender calls in the note for due on sale, and to sellers who have the money to buy out the mortgage on no notice because the buyer was a fraud who rented the place out, kept the rent, and didn’t pay the mortgage?