Not saying they are bad deal but that one party always has the the win win scenario. 

In that scenario, the rehab would cost you Zero cash and the rent went up, giving you an infinite CoC return (on the rehab work.

Many programs can be very similar between lenders, but you may find that in certain scenarios a particular options works best. 

That is common from many lenders and it will also give you more time if need be if one of the other options does not work.

Thanks for the scenario, and that is true.

Hi James, we would be happy to price out your scenario.

Why not just ask the seller since they'd already declined a $1M offer instead of having us do more work.From my perspective, if they want to sell, they have a verbal offer they can accept, and if they don't want to present a verbal offer, the seller probably isn't very motivated.What would be the point of sending a formal offer in this scenario?

@David De La Torre it is common for electric and gas to be turned off when a tenant moves in, forcing them to turn it on in their name. 

In my life outside of real estate, I worked in Information technology where I have participated in the creation of open source software as well as documentation published under creative commons. lots of license thinking to borrow from.It has always felt wrong to attempt to monetize everything associated with real estate investing.

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