However, the owners must be realistic and know you get what you pay for.

Honestly, I think Brandon Mulrenin and Ricky Carruth are the best in terms of being realistic with their viewers. 

If a contractor is stepping outside his normal geographic area for a good customer, I think it's fair for the contractor to ask the customer to pay for at least some part of the bond/licensing fee... he may not realistically use it again before it expires.

Now, it's important to be realistic, did everything go perfectly… of course not.

It would be a dream for Vacasa to hit numbers like that on a property, so yes, they would say it's not realistic. 

Develop a long-term investment strategy based on rental income, property appreciation, and realistic expectations.Good luck!

@Basit SiddiqiAgree for example would you rather have 13% net but deal levered 75% or a deal no levered at 8% net.On a 100k investment I would take the 8% deal every day as I will gladly pay an extra $5,000 to reduce my risk substantially since in option 1 the deal can go to zero in option 2 realistically it would be really poor management if it lost more than 10-15% of your capital.

What is realistic and what is possible?

The home backs up to a busy road and I think $500k is a realistic hard cap on pricing for quite a while.  

My question is, would a down payment at 40% or more be realistic for this type of acquisition?