That is why a lot builders buy a few of their own homes and pay "all cash" after they are built to establish sold comps and set the market.If you have any questions feel free to reach out it can be tough trying to figure out the first few steps and what is required.

As part of the deal, they are paying me to take some of the backyard.

Unfortunately, over the 11 months he has lived there, he has only managed to pay the rent on time once.

The law states:"a landlord may require a prospective tenant to pay the landlord’s actual cost, up to $25"https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/statutes/704.085(1... states that the most a tenant may pay in Wisconsin is $25. 

Don't pay ANYONE or any company a dime outside of an appraisal until the deal funds.

But ya have to make some educated prognostications in life.Add this to the information your processing - What your talking about doing is eliminating around $4000 or interest expense (which is deductible anyway so really could be a real impact of eliminating $2800 or so) of debt in exchange for paying over $10K in capital gains tax (don't forget possible state gains tax as well).  

End his lease, and find a tenant willing and able to pay market rate.

One of the things I do Is I pay the monthly $20 for ChatGPT, this way I can teach it what I want, of course you have to double check it but I will have it create entire social media posting calendars as well as topcs for me to use.

I’ve built relationships with brokers who specialize in Harlem, and one of them brought this off-market deal to my attention.

Since you’ll be saving your own living expenses by living in one of the units as required by the VA (to the best of my knowledge.) pretend you are paying rent and it should make your numbers look much better.