The outcome was great except for going over budget.

I am working with someone right now who is equity rich cash poor and has no exit strategy except take on more debt that they cannot afford.

The exception would be a 401k loan since you are acting as the bank for yourself. 

This time around I did not take it to Kiavi since I did not like how they handled the revisions and did not want to provide any exceptions on pricing.

Yeah apparently your'e supposed to live there for the life of the loan but there are exceptions if I move for another job.. or something similar. 

There have been many instances where they have killed my deal and I had to take it to a true wholesale shop with an exception to get it closed out.

Maybe I'm the exception, but I've never had someone grill me about my "buy box" and come back to me with a deal, it's always worked the other way around. 

However, like ANY market, there are exceptions, and with as much inventory as their is in TN, I'm sure some deals are up on the table right now once negotiations start. 

So I am currently within due diligence period on a property and my inspector identified that majority of the home's siding is asbestos siding - pretty much everywhere except the front face siding.

We have indeed with exceptional results.