I found the podcast a few years ago and really enjoyed the unique and insightful guests, some of which I could easily relate to. 

The only thing i would add is that because NY has a unique closing style local banks are usually king when it comes to the best products in the state.

This deal was unique in that we negotiated the purchase price up after getting our initial (lower) offer accepted.

Further complicating the matter is the fact that air bnb recently changed their platform and algorithm to focus primarily on the top teir, A+++, highly unique properties (think: luxury beach-front treehouse), and more "normal" listings aren't getting much traction any more... 

With the development of private property ownership, real estate has become a major area of business, commonly referred to as commercial real estate.Purchasing real estate requires a significant investment,and peach parcel of land has unique characteristics, so the real estate industry has evolved into several distinct fields.

I have a unique private loan from someone who has put stipulations on my land use.

The result is very little competition and unusually good numbers experienced in this unique niche. 

You pull out 150k, and you have to repay your previous loan of 80k, leaving you with 70k.  

If it has to be a percentage, then can she be 99% and we 1% initially, so the bulk of her repayment is via purchase of the house and ours is mostly renovations and THEN before we sell, we change that percentage to equal the flat amounts we want each to get? 

Add that into the calculation above if you're covering any utilities or deduct other unique expense you might have.Assuming no huge issues, you should be able to get to that $10K in a little over a year and a half.