Now though I am looking to grow my portfolio, and am getting interested in the idea of marketing for seller financed deals with no (or little) money down.First off, I read "Structuring Zero Down Deals" by Joe Crump.

The seed of real estate investing was planted by Mr.

This site really is awesome, there are no questions I can't find the answers to, and its always great stealing everyone's awesome ideas about how to grow not using your own money.

Whatever business you choose to get into will require you to learn and grow on the job.

I'm interested in ways to grow that income while it sits but also have it available when the need arises.

Thank you for providing a great place to learn and grow.

As you grow, you can talk to your accountant and find out what would be best moving forward.

However, if the numbers are on the tighter side then forcing the repair might be a good option to use and still close the deal.I would assume that if you were able to get responses from a number of others on the site they would probably say things like I am going to list here.1) Problems can seem small and simple at first but grow larger in a hurry - it happens.2) Depending on the type of shower/tub installed in the above unit it may be more than a simple fix and get into much more money than you think - you won't know until you open the ceiling for sure.3) After the plumbing repair you could be looking at mold potentially in the joist spacing area between units.4) Depending on the length of time the issue has existed and been patched to get by you may also have damage to the wood - joists between units and or sub floor issues under the upper unit tub/shower.5) If there is insulation between the two units, you may have soaked and degraded insulation that needs to be replaced as well - good news is that rock and insul are cheap to replace.6) OR......... you may have someone open it up to fix it and its just a simple plumbing issue and is a quick and easy fix - totally possible too.Just as an illustration, I went to replace a bath faucet for an accountant friend of mine yesterday.

Trucking is a cost to consider too... the further away from the plant, the higher the transportation cost.5) As noted in #3, lumber is a low margin commodity... takeoffs take a lot of time and there is little reward for a rep.  

I want my asset column to grow large enough to balance out, and eventually surpass my expense column.