The issue is the home won't qualify for a conventional loan and they don't want to go after hard money due to the expense, and have asked about seller financing. 

I would do a very hard due delienge before making a decision to purchase there.

Even if you could predict when, and even if you when you were in it, you are missing deals that you could be making...waiting for something that is hard to define until years after it has happened.Here's my tagline at the bottom of all my emails:  "The things that come to those who wait, are the things that are left behind, by those that get there first".

I'm getting a sense that this is how it really works, depending on whether or not folks at the local housing authority are hard-@sses (please excuse my french).

Dear BP members, I am new to the community and real-estate investing in general and was hoping someone could share wisdom on buying an Agricultural-Residential zoned property. I've read through the BP forums there are...

Here is a SWOT analysis I did...This is not really a hard tangible asset, however, I am intrigued by the Emerging asset class.

Panama City took a hard hit from Hurricane Michael but opportunities will abound there for the next few years during the rebuilding process. 

Hello Stan,Quality duplexes can be hard to come by in parts of Augusta.

I can get $5-M $10M at any time.1 find a good location with a path of progress2 figure out how to get the down payment of 20 -30 % -  (this is the hard part)3 Make sure the property has a POSITIVE cashflow and the rents are based off actual rents and the expenses are real. 

NetWorth also bundles in the hard money lender, 212 Loans.