I mean, it doesn't make any difference to them, you're paying the same amount upfront either way.

@Jim GoebelThanks for the replyYeah i knew it would be a tricky question to answer as it is a very broad and i have tons of question regarding the matter and most of them come down to the amount of money needed to get something like this started and the time.

Basically, it's the purchase price plus rehab costs, and whatever that amount is, you can still put down 3.5% . for example: Purchase price is 150,000, rehab costs are 35,000 which equals 185,000. 3.5% of 185,000 = 6475.00 down.

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@Sanjay Gupta  Yes, definitely talk to an attorney for that, especially for that amount of money being lent. 

It would certainly save a tremendous amount of mess.

Some people that I know who do similar jobs don't because the amount of money they would spend on lawyer fees would cost more than the lost. 

Best of all, given the low loan-to-appraised-value, you might be able to avoid giving a personal guarantee to a private lender.The real question here is how much this deal actually makes you, in relation to the amount of time and effort involved.

and that would cover grass cutting in the summer and a certain amount of their time on a monthly basis if I needed them to let in/supervise the plumber or handyman. 

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