There's a reason it's hard to get funding for this type of investment - the risk is huge.I know that's no answer to your actual question, but I definitely question your desire to do this.Good luck to you and please let us know how this turns out!

As a lender, if the deal was good and the borrower had all the right things you were looking for, but didn’t want to tie up money, would you fund 100% of a deal?

My question to you is: do you have all the funds necessary to purchase the property?

The lender is not damaged and presumably the owner was there long enough to satisfy the time requirement.Any *misrepresentation* on a bank loan, like intent, (reason for the loan), income, addresses lived at, rental history, amount of money in the bank, assets, liabilities, employment, time on the job, number of dependents, source of funds (the common things people lie about on applications that get them into trouble) etc, etc are potentially mortgage & wire fraud.

Raise plenty of capital up front and have reserves for any of your current properties.Do Not Over LeverageSome experienced investors are purchasing at 65-70% LTV (Loan-to-Value) instead of the normal 75-80% to give them the extra cushion.

Look for a book that provides a general over-view.Once you have the basics, learn how to find deals, fund deals, and manage deals.

So in a BRRR strategy where you buy all cash and refi later, that refi interest is not an expense on that property.Now if you use that refi equity to fund another property, then the Interest may be an expense on the property to which it is allocable to.

The owner may have trashed it on their way out to "get back at the man" or maybe they stole all the cabinets, doors, copper pipe and fixtures to fund their meth addiction.

I will also create an upfront operating account fund to cover any unexpected issues that occur before I build an adequately sized reserves account from the ongoing savings. 

Will I wire funds to the exchange website to record the assignment or should I use a local escrow agent that I choose myself.