All fixed fee with out of scope offerings as well.

If they don't have assets or well paid employment, I would consider the offer of the payment plan.

We have offered to allow her to pay a reduced rent for the first few months as well but I am worried that may create some sort of limit on how much we can raise the rent on her in the future.

@Thomas Farrell The BRRRR strategy can be effective with $400K in capital, especially in a market like Augusta, GA, offering affordability and rental demand.

Any ideas or guidance James Dainard or anyone else could offer in this regard?

I will keep that in mind when discussing the offer

I new based on the sellers situation that if I offered cash, close in 10 days, that it would be an enticing offer.

I'd like to use this to make an "all-cash" offer on a SFR, and then convert that to a conventional mortgage to pay off the HELOC.  

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