Purchase price: $295,000 Cash invested: $60,000 Sale price: $400,000 STR Cabin Flip

Purchase price: $525,000 Sale price: $575,000 Stevens Pass Wholetail #2 - off market pickup (wholesaler) then close & wholetail

Purchase price: $82,000 Cash invested: $1,000 Sale price: $132,000 Off market (direct mail) purchase then Wholetail

What are the pros/cons of a portion of the monthly rental amount being applied to the final purchase price, vs. no credit of monthly rent towards eventual price?

I think it will be fine for Pad Split and am moving forward with them.

To fellow new investors, we would love to connect and share experiences on this journey.We look forward to participating in local real estate investment meetings.Thank you in advance!

It is still a risk though and I would want a discount on the purchase price.

I would narrow your search to who is the most reputable, hungriest, and priced well for the work performed (not the cheapest). 

I was going to draft up one contract with each LLC as a separate "Owner" with the authorized representative for all, the actual owner, to sign the one contract for all legal entities, but they didn't like this and want to keep all documents separate.I gave them a VERY competitive price quote based on the total portfolio as 1 account with the total number of units.

Each one needs different things and they're at different price points.