I'm just worried the bank will see the price tag at $145,000 and not take their option fee into consideration as a down payment.

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I just don;t see the benefit for the Landlord since the Landlord has to set up the utility account, pay the bills and then calculate how to charge the tenant (or read the appropriate meter) and send a bill to the tenant and pursue collection.Can anyone help me see what I am missing?

Against 5940/month in income, I see the follow expenses. 25% down on the mortgage.

The reason is the buyer wants to see the time line to act by and if there are conditions tied to the approval letters such as the seller showing additional documentation to the lender or agreeing to a sign promissory note for deficiency etc.The buyer is looking at how CLEAN the short sale approval letter is.The seller doesn't have to share the letter if they do not want to but the buyer can also squash the deal and cancel and move on as well.No legal advice and I have no clue what the seller and buyer signed in this agreement.

@Daniel Rubin, Best way to handle the phone calls when someone says to give me a price you say when can I stop by and see the property, and once you look at the property tell the seller you have cash money and can be closed in seven days with no continuances and my offer is XXX.

I want to buy more properties and going to put a lot of OFFER in on "Properties On The Market for more than 90days" (I have work with couple of realtors, and none of them want to write too many offers at 25%-30%OFF or offer without see the property....and now I want to write my own offer).   

I see the recent forum post listings, but when I enter a thread, the most recent posts - including my own  - are not there.If I go into my profile and try to access one of my recent posts via the link there, I still cannot see it.

This time I think we'll be able to do it through a conventional loan (fingers crossed).You all can see the fix&flip images and process in our FB page called DECODE LLC.Happy new year!

I definitely see the logic in looking at multi-family.