That is something you have a choice over in your life.A positive way is exercising, having healthy hobbies etc.Destructive is addictive type problems like over eating, drinking, smoking, social disorders, doing drugs, compulsive gambling, infidelity etc.

You rent it out and eat the $700+ a month in losses. 

If it is not possible to pull equity from owner finance, do you suggest I get a loan and purchase that way and eat the closing costs?

Companies don't usually like this because you're "eating someone else's lunch."2) If it's not allowed by the HOA, someone is probably going to call you out eventually (your guests disturbed them, somebody already stopped them, etc..)

If the house sells, the fees/closing costs actually eat up what little profit there is.Normally, on a lease option, when the tenant backs out, the investor makes out because they get to keep the lease option fee.

I've found the increased property tax really eats into the increased rent for higher ARV properties I have evaluated.

A guy I new at a bar I liked to eat lunch at borrowed $20 to go to the track, he won over $16,000 and the next day at the bar he had his wallet on the bar bulging with c notes and a few twenties.

@billg @josephball    before he declined my offer he stated that he was willing to take a hit.... i offered 80k but he declined saying he couldn't eat 140k,,, called back days later and said the bank was going to lower his mortgage.... i really do think its not a deal, but i just wasn't sure.  

The fees and potential assessments could eat into your profits.

While they are supposed to last longer, all it takes is one service call at $100 bucks to make up for the purchase of a whole box of new flappers... people will toss those bleach disks into the toilet tanks and those just eat up the rubber flappers in no time.