There’s a book called ‘Nothing Down’ written in the 1980‘s by Robert Allen. I confess I’ve not read the book, (John rates it very highly) although I’m aware of the story. Allen put his reputation on the line by taking a challenge from a journalist who said he couldn’t go to San Francisco and buy a house within 72 hours with zero money down. It was an extremely close call, but Allen managed to pull it off.

Allen went on to take on another even greater challenge. This time he was tasked with teaching somebody else to do exactly the same thing as he had done.