@Charlie Fitzgerald does private lending here in Las Vegas and I believe he can provide you with a lender's perspective, as far as how your existing condo would be viewed from a lender's perspective.

I'm going to look into Ben Leybovich stories.Steve - I'm going to reach out privately.  

You can experiment with owner finance, wrap arounds, or private money.

What are the legal ramifications for a private party to  borrow from a private lender at 8% and then turning around and lending that to a rehabber for 14%?

Is there any private lenders on BP?

Company Win: We gain access to ~$250,000 as a private capital investment. 

If your able to get conventional financing (by that I mean 'Bank' financing, not private or HML) then my opinion is to sell the condo and buy at least a duplex so you have housing that's partially being paid for via rent collected from the other side.

About 2 days later I get a call asking if I would be willing to pay about $2K more as the seller didn't want to pay it and do some private deal he had with the realtor. 

You can try doing owner financing or bringing in a private lender.

If the property has some good equity and I would like to take over, how would go about in that without having to get hard money, private money and/or home loan?