Mainly the Brokerage is for me just to sell the properties that we fix and flip and save the commission.

A lot of people negatively arbitrage their 30-year mortgage, after taxes, if they keep money in a high yield savings account instead of prepaying their mortgage, because the savings account pays 4.25%, and their mortgage rate is 3.75%.

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I have been doing the anakysis on several rental properties and saving the results.  

When in fact he may never be able to save the one your in. and will just grow the new business and BK the old one as it apparently did not work.. he is using the same investor base to raise funds and same note model but different company.  

No matter what you do I think you are going to have guests point out that something isn’t working which could lead to annoyance or requests for refunds or bad reviews.Plus, providing bottled water over the long term probably isn’t going to save you much money compared to paying a plumber to get the fridge connected. 

I’d like to buy the place, renovate it, and then live in it for a few years as my primary while renting out the 2/1, and then ultimately selling or renting out the main house too. wondering what the best purchase strategy would be considering I don’t have the full purchase price in cash on hand?

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Ultimately it boils down to how much value one is bringing in my opinion

The point of the contract is to provide value to both buyers and sellers and  this deal saves the buyer over $1M in interest and easily $100k in furnishings while getting the seller their full equity and saving buy side/sale side realtor commissions.