In the back yard shaded area near that back door is another area perfect for a chair, a table, a small outdoor rug and a glass of wine next to an apple or some grapes on the table.

- Don’t be afraid to get creative: Every deal is different, and the more solutions you can bring to the table, the faster you’ll build credibility.

@Jenna Chen, keep in mind that there are other strategies and avenues to explore regarding house hack deals in metro ATL besides the classic duplex example.

I imagine a T-6 is just a Trailing 6 month table that shows our rents, expenses all fully tabulated and organized into a summary table, but having a hard time finding documentation online to support that. 

Going on the first face to face with a seller in years, even after getting 2 deals to the table, this one was tough.Stating the obvious, there is no replacing "the number" but I literally didn't have it in me to say it at that moment.

  $1 of debt in year one, will only be worth say $.10 in year 20; someone can do the actual amort table. 

I have seen this range from as low as $100 up to $300.Do I need to pay anything before sitting at the closing table?

However, in every real estate transaction there is someone else on the other end of the table.

You should have, or you should create an amortization table that shows the actual interest paid on the $650k mortgage for the first 6 months while you lived there.

We usually sit in the back room at a round table and energetically discuss real estate - you will immediately figure it out, everyone does :)