It makes the exterior blend in, rather than look choppy.

You can wipe out the 75 BPS higher by getting the seller second financed at a lower rate thereby blending the 2 rates downward on average.If the seller has only minimal equity in the property they might not be able to hold a second as it wipes out any proceeds they get at closing.

My point is, your blended rate today will not be your blended rate tomorrow.

I am looking seriously at "Activator" by Mastermind software which integrates (seamlessly they say) with ACT.

Some contracts aren't standardized, like a lease-option, I've seen such contracts that are written with a flare of legalize, copied from other contracts blended with some strategy and the contract doesn't even use complete sentences.

If it turns out to be SBA then you might want to do this.If the lender allows use a 80% ltv and put 10% down and have the seller hold a short term 10% second.The second the goal should be to keep the interest rate low so that you are not paying a high blend interest rate between the first and the second.This will depend on if the lender allows it,how much equity the seller has in the property meaning (Is the 10% what the seller was counting on for cash out of the transaction?)

Luckily, my realtor is the in-house realtor for my property management company, so it was a pretty seamless process.

I like to see every year increase or every 3 years so the yield happens faster ESPECIALLY if you are buying at lower cap and blending the cap rate number higher over the primary term of the lease.The lease will spell out option periods already after primary term.

Here, you are blending want to live in a home that also produces income....I create shared housing and work with homeowners, investors & JV partners every day to accomplish the same thing.

First, I would never pay utilities or buy a place where the LL paid them, maybe water, but certainly not electric and gas, But if that's common in your area, see what the average and highs are, blend those historic costs to arrive at a monthly cover charege, creidit tenants with such amount and charge extra for over usage.