Use a home in a house hack manner if possible for cash flow.  

Under California foreclosure law, can a vendor place a mechanics lien on a home for work performed for the prior owner after the foreclosure sale and the recording (perfecting) of the deed?

@Mike Jones what Tom is suggesting (to have the UCC released and refiled) is the way these things are typically handled such as during a transfer or refi.

They will qualify up to 250,000.00 based on your home value.

Used that cash to put a down payment on another home and then….Repeat!!!

Duplexes are rare in LA, so I'm assuming these must be multiple-bedroom homes?

But, if you have clear evidence that fraud was committed, you may have legal action against GP, but this is typically hard to prove, and likely going to be costly for you to pursue, and if the deal is already failing, there likely isn't much of anything left to collect anyways.

For a 3 bed/1bath home you can easily get $1,300/mo here in Detroit.

I would like to expand and take on projects of my own, starting with home flips. 

Purchase price: $225,000 Cash invested: $55,000 Single-Family mobile home.