Hi Folks, Is anyone using Freedom soft?

I am going down to the courth house on Wednesday to try and get a probate list... no idea who to ask or how I'm going to get them to actually GIVE me the information however I plan to bring my undeniably adorable 9 month old and hope that the clerk is someone who has a soft spot for babies.

If you want to consider this as a rental, OP, I think step 1 is speaking with a few banks/lenders about a refi (ask about one without a closing, so you don't have to absorb the soft costs).

A rough short pile carpet will cost a lot less per sq ft/yard than a beautiful soft plush one.  

Even if you strip out all the soft benefits, it's obvious that if you can trade something ( like your time), for something of much greater value (community goodwill, great PR, marketing photos, etc.) its a beneficial transaction!

Many people here use hard money lender versus soft money lender which is completely wrong.

Costs can vary a lot depending on level of finish, what community you are building in (fees can vary a lot) etc but for purposes of a very broad brush I'd use $120/SF plus soft costs (architect, engineer, survey, legal etc at another 15% over hard construction plus land, plus site work. 

Let me know Purchase price - $160,000Construction cost per home - $175,000 (about $100/SF is the goal)Total cost (land + construction) - $510,000Sell price per home - $344,000Profit after soft costs, contractor fee, demo, site work, commissions, etc – 50k per house for a total of 100k profitFinancing with a 10% down 18 month IO construction loanPro forma 

Just a soft tissue injury...they did pay for claimant's car.

In summation, we went to great extent to deconstruct and reconstruct financials to get to the soft, chewy center of what is really going on.