FHA loans may allow for lower down payments if the property will be owner-occupied.Owner Financing or Creative Offers:Explore properties where sellers are open to owner financing or lease-to-own agreements.

If (**redacting name of PM co**) Contracting would like to share the actual cost of repairs I'd be open to looking at those numbers as a reasonable cost.

Pretty open and closed.

Also, consider builder incentives like rate buy-downs or upgrades if they’re not open to price negotiations.

If so, and you're looking at a purely rental property (not to live in at any point) you could consider opening a self-directed IRA to invest in the new property without having to pull money out and pay penalties?

I am open to suggestions.

Any advice is always appreciated.I can’t imagine a more open-ended morass of a call.

If for some reason I have a weekend open in season I will reach out to my handful of repeat guests and offer 10% discount.

And we went in eyes wide open, intentionally inveting in class D, not sliding into it as demographics changed. 

This is the simplest method, but it also means your tenants are more likely to abuse the utilities by leaving windows open with the heat or A/C running, leaving lights on, ignoring the toilet that constantly flushes on its own, etc.3.