And, in spite of all the press that black mold has received, there is no evidence that Stachybotrys molds have killed anyone - when found in an indoor environmental setting.  

In spite of all the opinion on BP about "wholesaling" automatically and absolutely being considered a brokering activity, it is not.  

Most institutional portfolio lenders use Fannie/Freddie uniform paperwork / deeds of trust / etc, so the stuff you see at the county recorders office can say "Fannie Mae / Freddie Mac" all over it in spite of it being anything but a Fannie/Freddie loan.I've never personally been involved in mortgage-related litigation (knock on wood), the above are my best guesses based on zero formal training or education in law.

But recently I've been hit by a series of tragic events, including death of my dear wife due to a disease, and my own health starting going downhill in spite of my best attempts to live a healthy lifestyle.

I have said before and will say again, the rich act in spite of fear while others allow fear to stop them. 

Every single example so far highlighted in this thread is a scenario that vanilla Fannie/Freddie will go for in spite of how restrictive lending is in 2017, but you can't condense thousands of pages of guidelines into a flowchart, so you see the results we are seeing here: perfectly conforming, legal, acceptable, things, where the cubicle dweller with a flowchart can't understand it because it's not on their flowchart, so they just throw their hands up, call it mortgage fraud, and refuse to do anything else. 

If you can put together a plan to market the property well, in spite of your distance from it, then it may be a good deal.

That way if you fulfill the terms of the agreement, the attorney can finish the transaction in spite of the seller.Has anyone used these tactics successfully?

In spite of that, if I got 45% occupancy in the rental pool, capitalizing on the peak seasons in Beaver Creek, I can buy the property, service the debt, live there 8 weeks per year during July and August, at an out of pocket cost estimated at about $400/month.

Despite all that, the tenant in unit #2 renewed his lease and told me he loves living here in spite of me raising rent and imposing additional rules.