Weird story: I am in a Facebook group and talked connected with a lady who is losing her home in Wood County, Ohio.

Lending money on a property that is losing value fast is way to risky for fix and flips.

If you want to lose all of your money on a property, you should definitely forego inspections without experience.

You should only be flipping a house when you have watched someone do it and feel comfortable and confident that you know everything you need to so you don't lose money.

I think I can scale faster in the depressed areas without losing my shirt and gaining a windfall in cashflow.

are you losing deals because of inefficiencies in your processes? 

Here, it's "crap we gotta jack our rates up ASAP or we will be losing money on each loan we do!" 

If you start in summer you will lose half of that year on your tax returns and it will make it seem as your job doesn’t pay well.Of course you would need your employer to falsify your start date, but most businesses will do to help their employee achieve his homeownership dream.The fact that Canadian banks can’t verify tax returns makes it very easy for mortgage fraud. 

If you can do this in 24-48 hours, you shouldn’t be worried about them losing interest.

If it's a sub pump the line coming up could have a pin hole losing pressure.