If I still pay $100,000 and ask the seller to pay $3000 in closing costs, that is not a taxable event"I'd be interested in hearing your support for these positions Greg, please feel free to cite your sources.If we use that line of logic, a worker for a car dealership can request a down-payment on a new car instead of compensation, and not have to pay any taxes. 

Wholesalers often have properties at below-market prices, and realtors can help you identify potential deals in your target areas.

CHA even pays more for "targeted" areas. 

Develop a plan for marketing and bringing in new business.

Get a lender, enter into contract, close escrow, enjoy your new home. if you have less than 30 days, you would need the seller's cooperation to contact the foreclosing entity to see if they will postpone to give you time to close the deal. it's not guaranteed and the lender is under no obligation to do so but if everyone wins (seller sells, lender gets paid off in full, you get a home), most lenders will provide a small window of time to get it done.

YoY is down 9.5%.Rentals - Months of SupplyOnly about 0.8 months of supply for our target rental property profile.

For various structural reasons people think this rate is higher than it was before, so that the "new normal" would be at a higher level.  

The Phoenix Metro area MLS (ARMLS) implemented the new forms as of August 1. 

30 year fixed rate mortgages only exist for home loans b/c of FDR's New Deal in the 1930s, it's not really a thing for commercial mortgages.

Assuming that the seller's DTI for the new loan is the problem, then a Lease-option would be cleanest.