something smells fishy about this. if the site's doing so well, there are so many possibilities for monetization/expansion, why isn't he getting the funding?

something smells fishy about this. if the site's doing so well, there are so many possibilities for monetization/expansion, why isn't he getting the funding? or at least a little funding to push him into profitability? "VC fell through at the 11th hour" that leads directly into auctioning off the site is a warning flag to me.