Looking at this past week's CMI, it's interesting to see the buyer/seller positioning in the SE-ish area compared to the NW-ish area with rates high 6's in JanuaryStill bullish on W/NW future demand due to TSMC factory and other companies (dashboard snapshot below) but time will tell.

New construction, fully decked out on the design and amenities. purchase price 785K, 40K in seller credits, 120-140k gross rental projections What made you interested in investing in this type of deal?

That’s a critical distinction because our industry is so much about trust, empathy, and truly connecting with a seller.

It means the seller has listed the property with a flat fee listing service.

Fortunately, the seller was cooperative and patient, and we only lost about two weeks in the process.

There are tons of threads here on BiggerPockets where you have a new investor bashing a property manager, seller or turnkey guy and then when the experienced investors chime in it becomes very clear that the new investor wasn't telling the whole story and there typically wasn't any wrongdoing by the property manager, seller, turnkey guy or what have you.

Seller retains full ownership. 

Now we are mostly scaling our business with larger communities but I've used many different creative finance strategies including seller finance, private lending, hard-money, collateral from other properties, and lease-options. 

Cash offers are often particularly appealing to sellers because they eliminate the uncertainties that come with financing, such as loan approval or appraisal issues.

Am I getting greedy to ask for an additional seller credit at closing to help offset some of repairs needed?