Set up a Joint account with the seller so you can make deposits to continue the automatic payments to the lender until you refinance the property.Thanks,Dustin

Once again, consult your legal advisor on this stuff, but that's what most of our more savvy clients do.

Based on how I am reading your summary it sounds like there is solid equity in the 2-family in order for a bank to cross-collaterize assets. 

I did read someone on these forums advising against it too.Any advice/insight about this?

So, hopefully that continues. 

Welcome to the community and be ready for a huge amount of information at your finger tips.

I encourage your friend to forward the unredacted prom note to the SEC via this link https://www.sec.gov/tcr Click on Submit a Tip.

Depending on how long it takes you to save up the amount, you might want to also allow for inflation on that amount for your continued savings.[2]   Read Rich Dad poor dad.[3]   Think about getting a second job - possibly a temporary job - save a 100% of the money.Just my 2 cents.

Ok, so I read and loved Avery Carls “Short-Term Rental, Long-Term Wealth”.

My 2 cents is prices are crazy inflated right now, but believe it or not I think it will continue because of continued demand pressure for the area from people fleeing higher cost of living areas and moving there, with access to 87/17.