If any I want to see if I can find any good deals.

I think what folks are trying to advise here is that you need to make sure you're dealing with an agent who knows policy language, has good experience in the industry, and knows how to help you and protect you at the same time.Hope you find this helpful. 

Many buyers, especially first time buyers on low down programs, just don't have the financial capacity to deal with a major item.

This means you can buy now at next year´s price and start profiting.There are also amazing foreclosure deals.

For you as a seller, what are you getting from this deal that you couldn't get from a deal with a newly financed mortgage?

Do any investors or flippers know of any good countertop companies in the Chicago area that sell in bulk for cheap?

Mobile homes in Parks are affordable housing as well as MH on private cheap lots in certain parts of the country.. and then of course you have HUGE areas of the mid west and rust belt were you can buy all sorts of houses for 200k and under.. they already exist..

$260 is cheap

Unfortunately, all hosts are dealing with it, and we have decided it's because people are still traveling, don't really have the money to, yet still travel figuring they'll get their money back one way or another. 

The proceeds from the flips will be re-invested in syndication deals or move back to invest in stock market.