My client wants to sell the home but he might have to shell out some cash to close.

*This post does not create an attorney-client or CPA-Client relationship.

Many of our clients use us to buy and manage rental properties in the Austin area while they are out of state, and it has been working well for them. 

First job is to get a client hooked up witha  great lender and get him pre-approved.

What I wrote above does not create an attorney/client relationship between us.

I'm not a tax professional, but either a) a whole lot of my clients are engaged in tax fraud or b) your CPA is wrong or miscommunicating. 

Some larger banks will lend to an LLC for clients who have a decent amount of assets with them

for us being friends, she said this is already a friendship discount, since she normally charges 25-35% for other clients (which I don't think she even has other clients, because she started her own company and used foreign investment money to flip places and pay back the investment capital + interest)Her current estimate of 100k is only her guesses, without really having anyone or any real contractor giving her a solid quote.

@Maya De FilippoHi Maya, When I sit down with clients I will always discuss (1) their personal assets, (2) what their current investments portfolio and other business ventures before discussing (3) their future goals.

This only works if the listing agent happens to be unethical and is more concerned with double ending the deal than representing their client.