How your offer is structured matters as well if you were all cash with verifiable funds in the bank and waiving inspection that carries more weight than a regular loan or using hard money tied to conditions to get the loan.

Investors need to apply what is most appropriate, but, in reality, I know most won't ever get there as many get tied into a few methods and just go with that.I think your CFO has merit, used in appropriate situations with limited down payments, time allowed for buyers to get back to a loanable position and prove themselves, it may be just what the doctor orders.

. :)Buy some new, comfortable shoes and start walking and talking, that's worked for over a hundred years!

You collect the fee, they step into your shoes and become the buyer on the original contract.In a more complex transaction, you "double close".

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I like the transactional funding as well.I really define it in two different terms.Transactional funding (a.k.a.) flash cash - Your money is tied up for one freaking day.

As long as we are abroad, we've been thinking about getting a small RE portfolio to build long term wealth and establish some ties around Portland or the Albany/ Corvallis area.

You will need some money to get it under contract (most likely 500-1000 as consideration to tie up the property and probably about the same to pay an attorney to handle the documents.

I was initially going to ride it out and make extra payments, but that would tie up money that I need to use on buying other properties.

Single family cash flow by having the mortgage paid down which means you either have to tie up your cash or you have to hold the property long enough for the tenants to pay down the mortgage.