Even if the owner responds, it's often all negative as they somehow expect their property to never need repairs.There has to be a good balance of communication & expectations for the relationship to work.

And the Solo-K would enable you to borrow $50K from the retirement balance to use as you please.

Do you need to refinance quickly to avoid a balloon payment or other financial pressure?

Educate your tenants on how to report it to the police.

Thats fine as long as your Debt to Income (DTI) supports it.

I really don’t want to lose this buyer—what’s the best way to make this work?

I actually feel like I learned a lot in college that would have taken me 15 years to have the opportunity to learn “on the job” IF I was even able to obtain the position to enable me to learn.  

I’d love to hear about your goals and what you’re hoping to achieve here.

We don’t need to wait till 2026 to know the outcome.  

Even if they do 85/15 your going to have to leave money in it.