But society believes that Landlords need to make exceptions, they need to be compassionate, and understanding, and most of us are, but they also feel we should help them by letting them make payments to us until they get on their feet. 

Check with First American Title Co.

With a wife and baby to support, this amazing man left everything...wealth, parents, siblings, all that he had known) for the promise of the American dream. 

did you ever catch Remington financial on American greed... ( not comparing DHM to them of course)they had offices in PHX I think then maybe Minneapolis I remember talking to them years ago on a deal and they just approved me to easily I thought.. 

As a general question, in 2018, why would anyone (who expects to interact normally with society) keep accumulating their spare $30k+ under their mattress?

That means there is no personal guarantee from you and you are not qualifying for the loan - the property is.There are specialty lenders that do such loans, including North American Savings Bank and First Western Federal Savings.

I never had intentions of selling my house, but after reading, "Set For Life: Dominate Life, Money and The American Dream", by Scott Trench, I've developed a slight obsession with wanting to get some chips in the real estate game.

I live in winnipeg, mb, canada so any american comparison websites might not be the best idea.

The majority of Americans can't come up with $2,000 in thirty days.  

But I realize that I HOPE that it might be, because I have that whole lingering, American-dream ideology and want to believe that a working family can buy and keep a decent house in a decent neighborhood (ideally on a single income, but that's a whole other discussion.)