**Purchase Agreement**: This is the initial contract between you and the seller.

Those are some very different markets you listed.

I know there's seller finance and "B" lender that are good for the short term, but if a balloon payment is due say in 5 years, there's no guarantee that my DTI would be in a better place then I'd be stuck without funding. 

I just closed on one for that last week and it appraised.Under contract at 223k with seller paying 5k in closing.The property needs 20k in repairs. 

This will be costly in today's market and interest rates, but might be worth a shot if they can afford to stay.If they don't want to stay and you want the the townhome to rent to someone else and just want to assume the loan, well then she can call the lender and see if the loan is assumable. 

I prefer to negotiate the purchase price removing any seller commission. 

You could also explore seller financing or a bridge loan to give you more flexibility.

We're ramping up to offer seller financing in BR this year, and we buy seller finance notes in LA in some circumstances.

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