You keep a running and itemized tally, and if you win, the court will award you those fees from whomever is opposed to you in court.I appreciate your response, but maybe an actual broker can comment on this thread.

@Ellie Narie to layer onto @Carl Millsap's comments, you need to better understand the competition.  4 families still trade through comp sales, not as much financial returns. 

@Jonathan New mentioned "few months", that could be 1.5 months or longer, so my comment was based on general raising money question. 

Let us assume for the rest of this comment that the seller truly is very motivated and willing to be very flexible with you and provide you the paperwork and forms that you request.

I want to install one meter for each unit and transfer the expense to the tenants. appreciate if you can share your experience or comments. 

Thanks for your comment Peter and Jaron.To answer some of the questions, the HELOC is only costing me $60 per year no other charges and I did not pay to have it created. 

Based on Wayne's comment, I'm wondering if I was wrong to assume that the 121 exclusion would apply to the recapture, had I met the residence requirement.  

Great summary, @Anton IvanovTo add some clarifying comments regarding the rules allowing for up to $100k 401k/IRA penalty-free distributions and up to $100k 401k loans:1) You have to qualify (i.e. your health or financial circumstances has been impacted by the virus in one of the enumerated ways)2) Your plan has to allow for such distributions/loans (i.e. employers don't have to allow it)3) The loan must be taken by 9/23/20204) The distribution must be taken by 12/31/20205) For distributions, you can Waive withholding requirement (typically 20% when taken from employer plan)6) For distributions, you may avoid the taxes if you deposit the funds in an eligible retirement plan (which includes anIRA) within "3 years and a day" of the date of the COVID-19 distribution (note: compare to a 60-day rollover).

@Rick Mills, as you will note from the comments above, there is a big difference between $250k+ and $1mm+. 

He's not saying it, but something about his 4 hours comment makes me believe she comes with a industrial grade agitator.