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From what I’ve seen in Bloomberg, it also doesn’t hurt to keep tabs on any shifts in local buying trends.One more thing I’d consider is the exit strategy.

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Once that happens, the tenant is buying the property for you. 

It's real estate in markets with population growth, it's pretty hard to lose money if you get an inspection and appraisal."....Wishful thinking at best when buying C/D properties.

Considering the area  I am not sure how this poster's LTRs are going, but I own 2 in the area and have helped multiple investors buy and then lease their LTRs in the Buda/Kyle area as well - all are cash flowing.

My realtor doesnt recommend buying this due to special assement unknown and HOA runs badly. 

I'm not sure who is buying that paper at 85% but I hear its out there somewhere.

But I don't think I fully understand the law surrounding this and the actual ways it should be used.As I understand it, this is what you could do with such a clause if you are buying a property and the seller is financing it to you:As an example using easy numbers, you could buy a property through seller financing for a price of $100,000.

Sounds like this is a private money lender or a hard money lender.If you are getting funds from another source and relying on that to close, you should not put in the purchase agreement that you are buying with cash.