hmm, not clear where this belongs, so I landed here.Prior email for mentions had the thread topic in the email which was very useful.The latest emails have dropped that and just give a blind link to the mention;  IMO, not so cool.

The small stuff in renovations quickly add up (landscaping, blinds, dumpster, etc)3.

@Rogers Smith, I use the plain white vinyl regular blinds from Lowes on most of my units.

If yes to the first and no to the second, I would hold off on such a large deal and start smaller. you are essentially asking people to blindly put faith in you with their hard earned dollars based on numbers only and no history or resume

Not just a blind call.

We inherited a family of cats that live under the house, two pigeons that live on the side of the house, and a blind dog.  

Although one shouldn't blindly buy or not based on simple rules, I think it's PRETTY safe to say that anything under the "1% rule" will absolutely not cash flow consistently.

Sounds like a blind offer with less than 10% down, IMO, bump that up to 10-15% and ask for financing at 5 years, bump the interest rate up to 6%.Attach a seller finance addendum to the contract, one may be required by the Realtors on their addendum, but you should supplement the contract with additional information.Simply use a letter and when you begin explaining the numbers use the word "approximately"Then show the numbers. 

I'm glad to see that most people here haven't been blinded by our current real estate returns and are arguing that you should take the guaranteed 25%.

Long story short I'm legally blind in my left eye.