Because the more money you have in the deal the higher your risk.

One of the most valuable strategies for flipping houses is using OPM (Other People's Money).

I’ve already paid money to the new owner for all the deposits.

Basically you are spending a large sum of upfront money and hoping you get an roi on that, my understanding though I really don’t do that type of marketing is it was a good payoff if less than you would think based on total sales volume in the before times, but again as conversion rates fall it’s become harder to justify.

The first lawyers working are just not serious and do not care about the case but money in their pocket.

Also if there is enough money in escrow and a signed agreement the lender may pause foreclosure

Those typically take longer and cost you more money.

Apartments.com makes money by landlords paying to make their rental listings "premium" to get bumped up in search results.

@Robert WilliamIf he doesn’t want to lose his home he needs to file bankruptcyIf he wants the most money he then he should just sell it.These are two very different things

We come down in the winter and a couple times throughout the year and do repairs, upgrades etc and it's nice in the winter, but if I needed this place to make any money I'd be hurting.