Down Payment of purchase price: 10% (I know this varies depending on how you're doing the deal but if this is a traditional bank loan, what are the average percentages asked to put down?)

When doing our first deal, we were on top of our due diligence game and it paid out tenfold.

It is a numbers game and you have to persist until you get to the person who is motivated and or flexible on terms. 

That is just part of the game. 

It got us in the game and we worked with a great attorney on drafting the lease option agreement and structured our first Limited Liability Company.

The family had foreclosed on another home in the past and couldn't get a mortgage, so by structuring a 3 year lease option, they rented from us but treated the home like it was their own because they had skin in the game ($5k deposit and paying slightly above market rent rate).

I don't know if you're doing a fixed contract price or if you are doing a cost plus, But either way you gotta have a higher intimidation factor with these contractors and you cannot let them change the game otherwise you will continue to get run over.

@Mack Bailey Yes closing costs can vary in price but 5K is typical.

Hello, I've always been a stock market investor and am trying to educate myself on real estate as an option to diversify my investments. My initial thought was that I'd like to have '5 doors' to buy and hold with the ...

These numbers will vary based on the age of your home and location but usually standards that may be used are the following:Repairs - 8%Cap Ex - 8%Vacancy - 5%Management - 10%Miscellaneous - 2%If you have an older home (any home built before 1978) it would be wise to take out a little bit more for repairs.