A regular GC, you pay them once and get to keep the golden goose for yourself.

@William Golden Do you have any advice on finding lenders@John LoManto Thank you SO much for the reference.

well turns out my needle in the haystack buyer just got the golden parachute from Precision die cast (retired CEO) he had been eyeballing it the whole time we were remodeling it.. we did a 1.5 million in finish work.. so you can imagine the quality and he wanted that home.. first day on market boom sold... and like any red blooded American broker day it closed I bought an airplane  LOL>.

(The closing cost will be out of pocket money that you get to keep in your pocket if he pays, and you can use that to help with repairs)If you can have a comfortably low enough price and have the seller pay for closing, you are golden.

Good luck you found a golden opportunity and I'm sure you can make it work!

This is such a golden post. 

If you know enough about commercial real estate, can analyze financials, leases, contract nitty-gritty etc you are golden.

Did it provide her comfort to live in the home where her children were raised My long term plan is to have no debts at all in my golden years and use charitable giving to offset as much tax as possible. 

You're missing a golden opportunity if your numbers are on point.

and the lender will lend 100%... then golden for you.