But it gets you straight to the source - the actual seller, and helps you learn more about your area that your trying to buy in.best of luck in your marketing.

I use a layered asset protection program.

Shari, These programs won't work.

I am surprised that if loans are actually looked at so closely, then I would think that the lender would see that the note on the home wasn't a legitimate lending source and was actually a fictitious company.

has anybody heard of Rapid Flip USA a owner finance program

So I'm reading 100 pages of mind numbing dribble creatively known as the "Troubled Asset Recovery Program"; aka, "TARP".

My mortgage broker/friend said he seen programs that go as low as 490 credit score but they have some pretty strict terms.

Soon I expect even submitting a short sale package will require a check for the full amount to be held until the lender accepts the offer.This is great news for those with good sources of ready funds that don't require any kind of approval in order to use them.If the bailout is approved in the next couple of days and signed by the President as promised this week.

I like credit unions and a great source is www.creditunionaccess.com

It rolls the renovations into the loan and it only requires as little as a 3% down payment in some cases.I've read a lot about the program on FHA and other sites so I understand a good deal of how it works.One thing I haven't come across is what the requirements are for being an "owner occupied property".