From that post the law was quoted as: "Anyone who, for compensation, sells, offers to sell, buys or offer to buy, or negotiates the purchase or sale or exchange of real estate...leases or offers to lease or rents or offers to rent any real estate or improvements thereon is required to hold a real estate license."3.

Money is exchanged for value!

My paypal account is in USD and freelancer account in GBP, they charged me a very high exchange rate that astonished me.

To approach this rather simply; if the seller of a complex along with the buyer of that complex agree that the seller will put up the down payment in exchange for a higher sales price, than if he/she (the seller) did not have put up the down payment, that is no more a misrepresentation than if the seller agrees to accept a higher sales price if the Seller chooses to cover the closing costs of a transaction.

Yeah you are using the cheap crap contracts.You need quality contracts that spell everything out.If you don't do that you are left with the messes you are getting into now.Items that are vague in a contract or are not mentioned are generally held to be unenforceable in a court of law.The seller is just pushing you to see if you really have the funds to close or are a wannabe buyer.It's doubtful they will chase you but you never know.If you have zero money why don't you shadow a well know wholesaler and offer to work for them for free in exchange for training and learning the ropes??

You might want to learn a little bit about 1031 exchanges.

The amount of currency in circulation would seem to point toward inflation.

My strategy for this property would be to buy and hold for 5-8 years for the cash flow, then do a 1031 exchange for a larger property.

I am willing to do work for free in exchange for knowledge on how to be effective in this business.

Feel free to connect in case you want to exchange