If you hang onto it I wouldn't expect much appreciation anytime soon. 

Having no personal debt hanging over my head will help eliminate the chance of having to sadly return to my old profession.

Never do owner financing unless you go through a title company and have the correct paperwork in order.I personally want to hang on to as much cash as possible so 25% is a no go for me.

Any sort of an "uhm" more than a second or two, hang up.3)  If they do pass the "pop quiz" on investment terminology, tentatively go into a discussion with them on a specific listing if you have one in mind, or if you don't have a specific listing in mind ask for their spreadsheet of hot deals if they have one. 

Although the plan is to house hack now, you may want to move out in the future and will want the property to continue to cash flow if you hang on to it.

Here is the letter: It appears there are multiple pages present but I didn't want to hang around on the property longer than I needed to. 

The reason I don't suggest getting your RE license is that there are monthly fees you have to pay to the Broker for hanging your license with them.

sit down with the builder and identify besides lumber the increased building costsidentify what they earmarked for lumbermaybe you can shoulder the increase in lumber - you buy the lumber directlyand they shoulder other increasesseems a lot more fair100k increase does not seem rightnot sure the size of housego in with this approach while not threatening legal action but it is always an option hanging over this new negotiationyou can say that we agreed on a contract and you do not believe you did anything on your end to breach the contract - that is why I am reaching out to you 

I think the reason for the difference in profit is because when a property sells at the auctions for more than $1 million I am often the only bidder left at that price and sometimes there is only 1 other bidder hanging in, but I never can figure out why the other bidders give up so early when there is a huge profit waiting to be grabbed up.The truth!

@Jacob Sloop Technically cutting what hangs over their lot is wishing their rights.