Because offering a down payment increases the odds of acceptance exponentially  

Even more after you consider the hard money costs. 2) the hard money route is going to cost you at least a few % of the loan value so it’s basically the same as just raising your offer a few percent even higher than “overbidding by an insane amount”.3) the seller’s might be taking cash offers because they know they won’t appraise for the sale price.

Including utilities in the monthly rent is more likely to cost you and create problems.

@Marc Shin Beware of the ever increasing property taxes in the North Texas markets.

DPA's can cover the down payment and closing costs the tough part is getting a seller to accept the offer over a buyer who is either paying "All cash" or one with a larger down payment.

So much so that it's been now dubbed the super peso and it's causing headaches to Mexican developers who sell in US dollars and have their costs in pesos.The reality is that you actually don't necessarily need to spend a ton of time understanding international real estate to invest internationally, although doing so would definitely increase your success, of course.

You have to know what a Lot in that area is selling for and add on the cost of NEW Construction in that square footage to really know anything.

It also increases the chances of something going wrong like the economy going sideways, emergency repairs (need cash asap),  or the FED increasing rates.

In addition many of the decorations will be Interactive to increase the fun factor.

The Program utilizes forgivable loans called "Deferred Payment Loans," which require no monthly payments to subsidize the required costs of rehabilitation.