When you look at comparables you see an artificial market that is on the tail end due to the lack of funds now.

After putting the property under contract, what time of funds should I have already in reserves (for example, closing costs, repair costs, reserves in case of not enough cash flow to cover mortgage)?"

One of the residents there has asked for my help in getting rid of the HOA board and their blatant disregard for the residents funds.

Even though a house was renovated and is actually worth $100,000, the lenders still want proof because they don't want to find out after they funded a loan that the house is still worth only $50,000 but, they loaned $80,000 on it.

Would the inital DD money come out of your pocket and then it gets funded by investors/equity partner?

Borrow some start up funds from a loved oneetc..

Money market funds, while uninsured, have always been deemed to be safe.

Line up some private investors, or some of the few people still in the subprime game, or investor groups like ours who base funding off of property value, and down payment instead of credit score.

My problem is I have no funds as of yet to invest.

I've never done any deals with a boat or travel trailer ILO cash down payment, buying bonds to secure financing, or any other especially creative way to buy and sell.