My criteria is a specific set of numbers with dollar signs in front, not percentages behind. 

If you sweat for a living, there is good money to be made.My Skeptical Take:I’ll do a 2025 prediction post in the coming weeks, but for now, I’ll just say that all signs are pointing in the ☝️ direction.

In a few of the states there is either a form. you must sign or an application that your escrow closer must file in order to exempt from any state taxes or withholdings that might normally be collected at sale . 

It would not be a terribly profitable industry, and a few large players (hopefully including my NewCo) would dominate the space.

It seems like what you are planning would be in their best interests so I would discuss it with them first and then make that the impetus to sign a new lease and up the rent.

@Brad Smith This one took about a week to get a lead and then another week to show the property to the tenant, negotiate terms with ALE, and get the paperwork signed.

We already signed the purchase agreement several months ago...it has been on hold while they mitigated a pest control issue that has taken 2 months.If it's that important, make it part of your purchase agreement.

During the Maverick Investment Group webinar, ABC Baltimore made the following guarantees that were also in our final contract with ABC Baltimore-1) If the rehab takes longer than 120 days, the seller (ABC Baltimore) will pay us a rental guarantee of $1400 per month.2) If the house after rehab is completed appraises for less than our total purchase price of $106,000 then the seller will buy the house back.Assured by these guarantees in the contract, we signed the contract for $106,000.

Interesting - I have been investing in Philly for 8 years, run a  group of 2500 small landlords, speak at lots of events, know and network with many of the players  . . . but never heard of him before.

Me and my girlfriend are currently saving to purchase a home within the next year or so to start house hacking, my concern is how signing the lease option to purchase contract will affect our eligibility for first time home buyer programs?