If the heat is important to her, she will be available when the vendor is available.

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Hmm, what I was originally asking was something like this - what do you think is the best course of action:1) Get a 200k loan (3-4% interest, 5 years to repay) Use this to make a 100% cash purchase of 1, 2, or 3 properties in a C class neighborhood, and do the minimum rehab to make it rent-ready. 2) Get a 200k loan (3-4% interest, 5 years to repay) Use this to make the down payment on multiple properties, finance the remainder of those purchases with whatever loan options are available - probably only DSCR. 3) Something else entirely... 

Over the years, I've spent thousands of dollars on probably 90% of the available list services.

By nickel and dime-ing it I did not mean we were buying cheap or low quality properties, I meant we were adding properties as they became available in neighborhoods where we were already invested.

If the borrower already was foreclosed on, how are they still in the property and available to do the deal?

There is no harm in reaching out for a slight difference in budget you can just say that you got there contact on FF and have an available unit slightly above their price range and tell them the price and let them know to get back to you if they are interested.

Don't base it on one data point that is not available :) good luck

You'd have to refinance out of it if you ever needed to move into the property since it's only available for investments.

Expect a custom ADU to take 9–18 months, with 3–6 months for design and permitting and 6–12 months for construction, depending on complexity and contractor availability, and the speed of processing permits.