I sold my offset printing business and a few years after the turn of the century, I took a job at night at my friend’s company to keep food  N the table while I built my real estate empire.

Of the $80k needed to purchase and rehab, I am only bringing about $14.5k to the closing table which I plan to get back in May.

@Jimmy Dudley  its sort of depends on where you live and closing customs.for instance on the west coast there is no such thing as a wet closing.. or having all parties come to the closing table.. simply never happens.so when we sell something here I usually go in and sign ( if I want to I can also just have them e mail docs and I sign and they send a courier to my office.. )this is done 2 to 10 days before closing.. then the buyers come in the 3 days before usually because they have their 3 day right of recession ( owner occ mortgages)  then the loan package goes back to the lender.. then the title company has to record in the morning.. and has to send recording numbers to the lender then the lender funds.. then the next day once this is done title company will cut checks or wire proceeds.. for us 100% wires we never get checks.. its always kind of comical when I am sitting in my office in Oregon closing a deal in some east coast state and the closing attorney sends me an email with the time of the closing and wants to know if that time is good for me like I am really going to be there..

I'd like to pay off my equity note right away, but it's not an urgent need, as long as buyer's payments cover my monthly nut ($250 equity loan, $300 taxes, $75 HOA).This seems like a puzzle to me - all the pieces are on the table, I just can't see how to fit them all together to complete the task.

Hello BpWe recently acquired a quadplex and in the closing table, came to know that the seller filed for eviction on one of the tenant as she default the rent payment.

I don't want to carry a note forever (love the idea of the income, but I need the cash for other projects), but I'm willing to do it for a year or two.This seems like a puzzle to me - all the pieces are on the table, I just can't see how to fit them all together to complete the task.

The table illustrates different type of real estate business model.

I don't mind coming to the table with more than 5k.

We would like to bring 30% to the table loan amount of $297,500.

My concern is how they are producing bread on the table, today, not some future retirement strategy.