It's circumstantial and depends on the services and value the service provider brings to the table.

We expect you to be equally committed and, to that end, ask that you bring some money to the closing table.

We expect you to be equally committed and, to that end, ask that you bring some money to the closing table.

He has "hook-ups" which caused us to wait on their time table and in the end none of his "hook ups" worked and we end up paying companies to the do the work.

VC firms typically do not do real estate, maybe a family office but that relationship takes a good amount of time to build and as you mentioned they will want to see experience.This is a hard question, but I ask them - what are you bringing to the table?

  $50 a month is $600 a year and if the rear unit is $170-270 below market, you're leaving that on the table. 

Having said that, what are you and your husband bringing to the table for this deal?

House Hacking via VA loan and 2nd home are on the table, but I am not limiting to that.3-year goal:-Look towards multi-family property or opportunities to build ADUs.

Long term rates already have a .75 BPS to 100 BPS increase in margin spread do to risk, that will come off the table soon and lower rates just based off that and that would put my 30 year fixed rate in the 5.25% to 5.5% ish range. 

With excitement in the air, they gather around the table to sign the final documents that will officially seal the deal.