My recommendation is to have someone put in excel and show you the actual numbers.

@Jarret Jarvis, thank you for the excellent suggestions!

@Ben Trageser those are excellent points, thank you for the perspective!

It's an excellent rate for today.

Thanks for the feedback—it really makes me step back and think about this whole situation.To answer your question about the hard money loan: I went that route because I needed to close quickly, and hard money was the fastest way to secure the deal.

SubTo (Subject-To) can be an excellent strategy when done right. 

As far as benefit to the seller goes, @Matthew Paul I think you are probably right on the money and regardless of whether they would have preferred to stay in this house rather than move, it is likely providing them some excellent cash flow; and I'd be hard-pressed to come up with a deal that serves both parties better than the current situation. 

They have strong financial stability, excellent credit, and are experienced homeowners.

If you're thinking input into Excel or Sheets, then yes...I would expect everyone does this today.If you're thinking you type in "Riverside  Apartments" value on ChatGPT, I don't know that that ever works. 

Then plan and design how you're going to deploy that cash via what strategy your wife and you have confidence in.I use a excel or google doc and my first sheet would layout all of the details of the sale including all costs that go into getting closed.