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We were doing N/O/O room rentals in one of our houses and couldn't even find an underwriter willing to take this type of rental product. 

I’m currently cash flowing close to $400 a month on it but I know o have lots of equity there that I could be using

People that seemed really nice left w/o cleaning anything and I had to do a LOT of repairs such as replace drywall etc to return to being able to rent.

Or accepting inherited tenants w/o knowing how well they were screened by the previous LL. 

@Daven W BlanchardSo for #2 the site rent-o-meter.com should help ballpark.

I work with Ian and Todd at Candor. 24 y/o with a commercial real estate background, house hacking a 3 family in Worcester and just helped my brother close on a three family next door.

The numbers- should go w/o saying, but the #'s should make sense based on your financial goals.

.* the commission is paid by the seller anyway - and why negotiate the price first. put the liability on the realtor and the E and O insurance (error and omissions) Be tactful, do a walk through of the property, show them comps and put yourself in a position to win while asking them for what they want and what’s important to them. 

Options (O), Lease Options (LOs) or Master Lease Options (MLOs if a tenant/mgt headache exists for your seller) were formed to fill a need in the commercial, land, development, timber, retail etc industries.