The house will still need to appraise for the amount of the loan if you offer a higher price in exchange for repair money from the seller.

I forget exactly the amount of time because it was so long ago.

Deduct NEW property taxes after you buyDeduct home insurance costsDeduct maintenance percentage, typically 10%Deduct vacancy+tenant nonperformance percentage(we recommend 5% for Class A, 10% Class B, 20% Class C, good luck with Class D)Deduct whatever dollar/percentage of cashflow you wantNow, what you have left over is the amount for debt service.Enter it into a mortgage calculator, with current interest rate for an investment property, to determine your maximum mortgage amount.Divide the mortgage amount by either 75% or 80%, depending on the required down payment percentage - this is your tentative price to offer.If the property needs repairs, you'll want to deduct 110%-120% of the estimated repairs from this amount.Be sure to also research the ARV and make sure it's 10-20% higher than your tentative purchase price.As long as the ARV checks out, this is the purchase price to offer.It is probably significantly below the asking price.

Investment Info:Single-family residence fix & flip investment.

The property will be sold upon completion.Rate:  12.05%Term:  13 months interest onlyARV:  $648,000Loan Amount:  $433,000Processing Fees:  $15,361.64 (3 pts plus processing fees)Escrow Charges:  $3,130.90Insurance/taxes:  $1,722.82Construction Holdback:  $498,361Cash to Close:  $84,762.36 In the OP, you said that the loan amount was $346k.

As others have said, there are other options at lower amounts too!

So I would rephrase the question as: what are the pros and cons of Kansas City for buy and hold small multifamily when my goal is cash flow or what are the pros and cons of Kansas City if my goal is fix and flip SFH with large margins on each project.

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My advice would be fix the dog, and sell the puppies or adopt them out to a good home. 

Not the best thing to do - I should have raised it originally for a higher amount.