Then why not make your team sit together and do a collective brainstorming to generate a wide array of ideas.It is a centre stage act that creative brainstorming should take place to solve a significant internal or external challenge.

However I would tell you not to get discouraged but rather to work to be creative and ways that you hadn't thought of before.

You could also be creative and have a trenchless service do the job for you on that 4.5', not sure if it brings the price down.

Good morning my name is Tyrel Thaniel a baltimore maryland native thats a novice  real estate investor looking to get my feet wet in the DMV area and close my first deal in wholesaling /or any creative real estate deal such as subject to, and owner finenacing.I'm open to any suggestions.

I've resigned myself to the fact that I won't be able to save enough to really rely on that as a way forward, so I'm looking for some creative suggestions (which basically rules out my credit, salary, etc.). 

Hi there - wanted to pose a real life scenario to all you creative thinkers out there. 6 months ago, bought a 3 bd/2bath house for $465k, with a Mortgage equaling to $424k (9% down).

Now that being said most of those good deals won’t be listed on the MLS so you may need to be creative

Interesting concept @Andrew Schmitt, very creative plan.

Next, I was looking at forclosures and short sales, but found out that it is really difficult to get creative dealing with banks, and they wouldn't allow me to do the work myself.

Your biggest challenge will be standard financing, but that's where creative financing comes in.