Seller assist for investment properties?

[Sophie Mia]

Hi everyone,

I am currently looking to buy my first investment property. The property which I'm looking at is a duplex and I have just enough to pay 25% down payment. However, it seems like there will be about $10k in associated closing costs (tax escrow etc).

I'm not sure how I will come up with the closing costs. I heard that seller assist is capped at 2% for investment properties. Is there any other way to have the seller assist me with closing costs/down payment?

Owner occupancy is currently not an option for me, so I will definitely have to go with an investor mortgage...

Any other suggestions on funding the closing costs?

Thank you!