Or a young couple, with sweat equity, who want to make it their forever home.

And, for those people who have more time than money, they can put in sweat equity into directly owned real estate.

Or a young couple, with sweat equity, who want to make it their forever home.

Or a young couple, with sweat equity, who want to make it their forever home.

So while there should be a percentage of equitable contribution, sweat equity also plays a factor.  

That being said, we are still slightly better off than if we had rented in the same area.Additionally, our condo is somewhat of a live-in flip, since we may sell in 1-2 years after adding some sweat equity. 

In return I can offer access to MLS information(Realtor), Sweat equity(maybe you need help in one of your flips), Bird dogging, or even listing any properties for you in return for your guidance. looking forward to connect with the community.

1) Smart, successful value adds that would allow you to extract sweat equity.  2) patience to save up the deposit via you income.  

They're not the ones who sweated blood into the place, so no offense to management companies, but I can't see going above 10% or 15% at most, assuming nothing major happens etc.I will look into those calculators, thanks, good idea.

Do the right renovations for instant sweat equity.