It was weird to see a seller at the table.

Make sure you are dealing with a broker who understands multifamily and specializes in it.If you just use a regular broker/agent that is not a specialist you can leave money on the table and get caught up in a bad deal.You need to define a good deal??

J Scott, I hope you don't mind but, basically I took your table and altered it a bit to fit my needs and used data I researched in my area.

It's all kind of "kitchen table closings" if you will.

http://www.investopedia.com/articles/pf/07/refinancing_mortgage.asp#axzz2H8V7K2FBI built an amortization table to corroborate his "net worth" numbers but there are 2 conceptual issues I need further elaboration on.1.

Have you talked to lenders to find out exactly how much capital you will need to bring to the table?

But, out of curiosity, I was thinking about removing the graphs and table but posting a simplified summary of my research in the forum to see how much traffic it receives.

Steven, I probably read pub 527 to literally, but table 1-1 lists wall to wall carpet as an improvement as it does the water heater.

"Funding at the table" is a matter found addressed with wholesale banking and note purchases, something most investors won't be reading.

Once they realize that a replacement is off the table, they can put on their problem solving thinking caps.