Recommendations to get movement - offer a move-in special. 1/2 month off first month rent or a deposit special are common.

Its nice to contribute ten thousand to a 401k, but have twenty thousand due to the match.

In my experience buying properties using conventional personal financing, my lender required two months of bank statements with an explanation of any large deposits not coming from a W2 job.

If your bank has a location near here might be worth giving them prefilled deposit slips with their address on it so you know who deposits what. 

3) When using the calculator on BP, do you want 70% of the refinance loan to match the total cost put into it?

I’m currently in the deal finding part of my first deal and am seeing how challenging it is to find deals that match my criteria.

Since then, they've put down a deposit to hold (got that from B Turner's book on managing rentals). 

Who's security deposit does the wall repair come out of? 

We have someone we'd like to rent to and are working with them re: there first, last and deposit payment.

Plus I’d like to see this back as a single family to match others in the neighborhood.Purchase price: $20,000Closing cost: $2,550Repairs - leave as duplex: $116,000Repairs - single family: $140,000ARV if kept as duplex: $140,000ARV single family: $220,000Diving back into the books where I skipped all the parts about flipping.