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RE operates in a living market and the MLS only lists a suggested price at one point in time, not the current market value.I know that there are a lot of "wholesalers" who don't know what they are doing, or are trying to make a killing on each deal.

All the stats and such, but when it comes to working the streets you can become intimate with your market and take those stats to a whole nother level.

There will come a point in time when the security deposit doesn't cover the repairs and it's going to come out of your pocket.

Having the auction on the county steps definitely takes you back in time, I can just imagine people 100 years ago doing the same thing we are doing now. 

At some point in time, the lack of walls can impair functional structures from being added to the house.

@Stephanie D.Here is what has always helped me pull the trigger in times of doubt:-Are you more scared of what MIGHT happen if you don't  invest in real estate, or what WILL happen if you don't?

I need to get it fixed and rented out in time for an appraisal around the 6 month mark for the cash out refi.

I do have an intimate knowledge of VA loans and on a normal home purchase I would have very little no problem getting it accepted however my question was related more towards hard money lending and other unconventional financing. 

Time will dictate that they go into home ownership and i believe in time they will realize that the key to great success and financial freedom is through ownership not renting or leasing.