As the closing date, 6/5/2017, approached I was getting antsy as I knew a lot of planning should be happening but I couldn't get any straight answers from Charles and no schedule, time tables or floor plans had been done - not even meetings scheduled.

@Thomas Lorini    Let me get this straight.1)  You believe the house is worth  $180,000.2)  The loan payoff is $94,000.If those things are correct you have $86,000 in equity in the house.Half of that would be $43,000.BUT!!!   

Most firms will tell you straight up what the pay to play is. 

There are a ton of programs out there for renovation, rehab, or straight FHA loans.

Hi in the process to buy a property "subject to" and I really need help to figure out all the paperwork that it needs to close.It's in Pittsburgh,PAI have a closing company who did this kind of transaction before who is ready to start.Can someone help me to see straight with this transaction?

@Dan Grodnik There's nothing wrong with setting your sights high from the beginning, but I would highly advise against jumping straight into a big deal for the following reasons:1) Financial Risk - The larger the investment property, the larger chance for financial loss, especially with no experience.  

Every HML deal I have entered was straight up: buyer sends contract, I offer to lend x percentage of purchase price, and buyer must have the difference to close.

Getting the building permit is really a pretty straight forward new multifamily residential construction permitting process.  

I have found JEN to be very good.Although all of the closing I have done with them were of the straight conventional financing type.

I have been making on time vehicle payments for about 3 straight years now, got 2 credit cards earlier this year and have used less than 10% of my available credit and have paid in full at the end of each billing cycle, and my student loans have been on auto pay for an entire year without missing a beat.