This is just an example, certainly conduct your own diligence but don't feel obligated to use the name brands (ie andersen, pella)..especially their entry level windows or those you will buy at a Home Depot or Lowes.

Hi folks -I'm new to BP and real estate (but very familiar with finance and comfortable with early-stage risk in general - I come from the tech venture world).I'm considering making a small hybrid equity investment / loan to a developer building homes.

Purchase price: $55,000 Cash invested: $85,000 Sale price: $280,000 I feel like luck and timing played a roll in scooping up this Garfield Park home.

Larger homes are 3-6 months.  

Turned it from a side hustle of flipping and renovating properties to owning and running a custom home building company.

He is probably drawing up a Quit Claim Deed, which is usually a 1-page document.  95% of what is in a Quit Claim is copy / paste so it shouldn't take that long. 

Any tips for negotiating better terms with sellers?

That is for, if necessary for us to sell our existing home and move to the number one produced, which will be the first "model home".

We are planning to rent the home.

It can help take them out of the bidding war zone and they get a better home for the same monthly payment.