If the amount paid to purchase an existing note is below the principal balance or more correctly, the unpaid balance, the investor will benefit from an early payoff to the tune of the discount.  

With that being said, I’m starting to see more of the benefits in some of what he promoted.  

It offers tax benefits, such as mortgage interest deductions and depreciation, reducing taxable income.

Quote from @Marise Sfeir: Hi i am interested in Dubai Market for investing and Airbnb, does Bigger pocket cover Dubai Market will i benefit from your tools and offerings or not?

It is expensive and will take 3+ years to recover the cost but then the benefit is unlimited to me.

I choose to just for the tax benefits.

There's no benefit to the owner. 

ever make that kind of claim with any substantial amount of money and for any substantial amount of time.To think, I was actually starting to give you the benefit of the doubt...

So its a benefit to the seller to be able to counter the  commission right on the counter offer form so its there in black and white..

This would be ideal in terms of cash flow (after a few years) and equity appreciation since you'd be achieving tremendous returns on limited equity in the form of appreciation, principal paydown and tax benefits aside from only cash flow.