They are selling this place because of age, health and are moving back to be with their kids, they are 80 years old.

( I have a seller finance deal, but my cash is tied up in other investments right now...I effectively need $18k to get everything closed and in order...)my dilemma is that I don't want to seek the $18k from a friend or contact...I am not comfortable going out more than 36 months on the loan...which would have to be an interest only payback...and the property will be on a 60 month balloon...I'd effectively need to pay principal balance on the $18k before the note on the property is due...

I can see your dilemma.

I have a bit of an ethical and personal dilemma involving a real estate agent that I have a flip house listed with.

Here is my dilemma: I Will be renting for a short period right when I move back.

I have good health conditions, full of ambition and energy, and willing to work my behind off to triple my income and continue to make moves while I'm still young and healthy to become financely set in the future.

(2) Trump and Ryan couldn't even push through a health care bill that mostly satisfied "the Republican Blueprint".  

As a result I currently have 2 properties under contract, deals that I would have to firm up within less than 2 weeks.Unfortunately, my joint venture partner has been experiencing health issues recently, and although he will finish the project that we already started he will not be able to take on any new projects.That puts me into a real conundrum as I don't have any active construction experience and these flips are about a 3 to 4 hour drive away from where I live.

On the other hand, homeowners are slow to sell because they too would be faced with the same low inventory dilemma.

@Stephen Marshall my credit score is 750 , I got my savings up to 57k in my Goldman Sachs account , and another 11k in cash and 8500 in my Roth IRA , the problem for me is income , I make 28k at my pizzeria job and 15k as a home health aide .