You can't give them a DP, but you can indirectly give them credit for the Option Consideration towards the purchase (not formally), by simply reducing the final Option Price by the Option Consideration amount.Example:Purchase Price:  $100,000Option Consideration:  $5,000 (5% of the Purchase Price). 

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Those two words make me shudder.Regarding competition: at the larger size end multi-family (100 plus units) you will be in direct competition with the high rollers. 

If it's not and your raise it I'm not quite sure it will so much increase the price directly by raising it as much as it will just open up your buyer pool a bit more - which could eventually indirectly affect your price. 

Our long terms loans are not a "No Money Down" strategy unless it's indirect such as a motivated seller second (we allow a second lien position to our first). 

You sort of mentioned the same thing indirectly buy talking about 'seasoning' the note and selling it to another investor.This makes me think I'm an idiot for not following your first comment...

As you know, though, it is expensive to move in or out of Alaska and this is where all of our family is - which is why I don't want to move unless I had something under contract and could move in directly to that property. 

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