Seller will be taking a 30k+ loss with this route.325k with 50K down to seller, 3 years of payments $1600/month, and a balloon payment of 215k at the end of 3 years.Benefits to me: (1) 10k less downpayment, (2) with the conventional route, the loan would be at 228k after 3 years of payments, so I will gain additional equity with the 2nd option since I will owe 215k (presumably I will have to refinance at that time).Benefit to seller: she gets over asking price, 50K upfront and $300/month of cash flow.Does this offer and structure sound reasonable?

This is a great place to learn and further investigate investing in real estate.

I have always been surrounded by real estate and real estate investing since I was little.

Side benefits or PM besides free time.

If it's worth $1.3 million today, it will be worth $3 million or more in 20 years, you'll have paid off the debt (or most of it), you'll earn at least $3 million in cash flow over those 20 years, and you'll have tax benefits.

But it can really help offset costs and pretty good return on investment at that value. 200k in philly puts you in Class C real estate at best, and you likely have to update it somehow. 

BUT then, the tenant complained that they were paying for the credit boosting feature in RentRedi and would not be getting their credit-benefit if the other tenant didn't pay on time. 

Hello, Do I have to disclose my Massachusetts Salesperson License when buying an off-market property for investment purposes? And do I have to go through my brokerage even though it has nothing to do with them? I just...

Speeds are all over the place just about any time of day.Rural areas can benefit from this but if I could go with Starlink, I would do that instead of a 5g modem.

The benefits of the DSCR vs.