Now, if the lender says they will only loan say 80% of the deal, you need to show the balance to your offer.If you can't get this accomplished, move on to others. :)

The seller has a ballon note in 5 years and will have a remaining balance of $17K and my amortization on my bank loan will be at $66K giving me allmost exactly $17K in available equity to borrow on and stay at or below 80% equity.

That, coupled with the possibility of a lawsuit or buyers agent commission obligation if they violate the contract and back out, might convince them to cut their losses and eat the balance of their mistake.

My attitude is to forget work/life balance while building the business and just focus on working hard, developing processes and improving efficiency, so that once you have things running efficiently, you can then enjoy the work/life balance.

Then we want to find a private lender to cover the balance of the land and the build cost.

Right now I am working with a few Buyers and trying to find a balance between work and home life.

My name is Adam i'm a new member to BP and i'm currently trying to build my new Real Estate investment company while balancing a full time schedule working a full-time job.

Hi,My name is Adam i'm a new member to BP and i'm currently working on trying to build my new Real Estate investment company while balancing a full time schedule at work.

Since they are publicly traded, we can easily track their financial performance every quarter.Here are some links to Silver Bay's annual financial statements for the year ending December 30, 2012- Income Statement (Annual Data): 2012 Income Statement- Balance Sheet (Annual Data): 2012 Balance Sheet - Statement of Cash Flow (Annual Data): 2012 Statement of Cash Flow - Full 2012 Annual Report (SEC Form 10-K): 2012 SEC 10-K Report

Its a balancing act.