This is tough, eats into your margins and normally you'll pay more on your first few projects developing the relationships and it'll get more favorable to you over time.- ACTUALLY does good work.

Thanks for asking.I am fortunate - but to make the story short, I had a GC in place already (they are also my Property Manager) and I've known the owner for over 10 yearsSo far the numbers have been favorable and we are looking forward to wrapping up shortly. 

@Scott Trench I agree that rental laws favoring tenants drive out investors which in turn creates scarcity relative to the absence of those laws which in turn drives up rents.

Together, we negotiated favorable terms with the seller, ensuring a beneficial deal.

I reckon I've personally acquired a least three properties on seller terms and have assisted at least three others in three years acquire properties with favorable seller financing. 

If the underlying terms are extremely favorable and the principal large, maybe. 

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Together, we negotiated favorable terms with the seller, ensuring a beneficial deal.

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If this is the case, and all else equal, it may be better for you to structure the downpayment you're raising as equity instead of debt, extra liens are still less favorable to 1st position lender and make refinances more difficult.