I also extended my search to mission valley.  

Have to be to extend far enough into retirement.I started off planning to do rentals or RTOs, but once I discovered all the benefits of seller financing, it made a lot more sense for my investment plans. 

A state with deeds of trust, rapid foreclosures, and no redemption rights, might fall in the 5% to 10% below market range.Debt forgiveness is taxable only if:The Mortgage Debt Forgiveness Act is not extended into 2017, orThe borrower fails the "insolvent before and after" test.

So far i have crafty Beaver. besides them, who else extends credit?

Being that I am a newbie - i'm not trying to over extend myself in extensive flips.  

I'll leave the speculation where it should be -- out of the conversation -- because we can't know if this is an actual deed restriction, or an HOA amendment that can easily be re-voted on to extend it to 25%, or whatever.

I'm setting aside 100k - 150k for investing purposes, depends on quality of the deal, but I don't want to over extend on repairs.  

LTC ratios are down, and lenders want to see a stronger track record from the sponsor (borrower) before extending term sheets for construction.

Baltimore County will extend its discount for those who pay their tax bills in July through August due to the errors.

If you do, and I think you need an attorney for this, I'd start by retroactively extending the closing date to one that works.