I moved to miami and it's tough to do here columbus land is cheap. lower than lenders even require our buyers have to come up with additional equity just to close the loan. not sure austin's economics but happy to look at a case study with you to see if it's feasible 

Quick question on those who have done seller financing:- Buying a 0.3 acre downtown fort lauderdale multi family, negotiated an around 1M price w lot of development rights, double lot. seller got it way back early 90s for pennies- got good credit 800+, w2 job etc put 40% down and mortgage bank offered 6.62% 30yr fixed (CF negative as this would make current rent roll not too much compared to the PITI)- property is in ok condition, needs 20-30k repairs which seller OKd, and all 3 tenants are month to month, pay bit under market but also ok- seller would like to do seller financing, interest only at 5.75%, 30yr amortization at 7yr balloon (CF would be positive) - id be paying some principal as well, just to grow some equity- buying this deal for the future development of the area (las olas, kushner broward crossing) so not really worried even if we overpay for it now, but never done creative finance as i always relied on a strong W2 job to get good loans but obv im used to 3% 30yr rates from covid times not this 6+ environment..Goal is to hold the property 3-5yrs, and then actually develop it or sell half the land / refinance, pull out HELOC if it appreciates.Questions:1) What does he know that i dont? 

I am planning on purchasing a $350k property with DSCR loan.

As a loan officer, I've seen a few people go through the same scenario of basically breaking even. 

30-Year Conventional: 7.01%30-Year VA Loan: 6.40% Drive Safely, Las Vegas!

Interesting - I think it may be a good idea to run full returns on your properties - cashflow, plus loan paydown, potentially appreciation and tax benefits.

Woohoo! My offer got accepted for an investment property in Pennsylvania. Next up is a huge financial hit: closing costs. I just signed a bunch of disclosures from my lender and after reading them it has me thinking, ...

@Mark Sullivan if you are a buy and hold investor these loans work great.

the rest of the loan payment right now is coming back to you eventually. 

*Aggressively paid down debt, focusing on loans with the highest interest rates and lowest balances that could be paid off the quickest, converting debt to cash flow.