You won't cash flow in most places while you're house hacking but the goal should be to pay less than you would renting. 

I would pay the 2500 but I dont trust the seller to get the place to pass.

I also had non-paying tenants that owed me, HVAC unit needing replacement, large trees hanging over property structure that suddenly died due to beatle infestation and college tuition due all at the same time.  

Hi bought ten lots of land in Sebring Florida its R# zoned paying for upfront construction cost need help with getting a mortgage once its built so I can continual to build on  the rest of the lots going to be about 18 homes made of containers I have 3 other investors working with me.

He would pay my mortgage payment and assume all responsibility for home maintenance until such time as he can qualify for financing. 

Why would a borrower go to a retail bank and pay a premium rate when they can go to a mortgage broker that’s tied to wholesale lenders exclusively and save money on closing costs and interest rates? 

Ideally, you get them to pay you directly for the cost. 

More importantly, there no great bargains there…people are paying at or close to market value.

If you don't pay they have the power to foreclose and also to force payment thru a judgement if you ever sell the house.

I've been searching for a while here on BP but have not found a thread related to my situation:I've been renovating and renting a property for just over 2 years and may be in a position to sell/close in the next 30-60 days.I am trying to cut-off major projects at this time to make a clean break, however we have committed to replacing windows in one of the units (windows are already ordered), with total project lead-time of 45-60 days (windows have been hard to get for the past year).In the event we have a closing date PRIOR to window installation, how should we handle paying the contractor?