It sure seems like he wanted to get it under contract quick to keep it off the market but is taking his sweet time to get the deal done. 

What would the sweet spot be?

.- You are on both ends of the investing world and the sweet spot is right in the middle.Think of the Monopoly Board - the best investments are the Orange and Red properties around Free Parking --- Go to Jail cards and the Go to Jail spot jump players over the high rent properties and the low rent properties in a way that mimics the supply and demand principles of the free market --The Orange and Red properties represent the highest rental demand segment of middle class America -- In my opinion that is where you will most successfully invest and if I were in your shoes, that is what I would do.Good luck and Happy investing -jeff

It seems to be the sweet spot between risk and return! 

I appreciate the honest answers and will have to dip deeper and go out of our sweet spot range. 

https://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/biggerpoc...Sounds like a sweet vacation rental to add to your portfolio, where is it located?

Unfortunately I didn't budget for my inability to pass up on sweet deals as they came my way. 

I suspect they make a good amount of their revenue on flipping dreamers who risk the 3k.but if you think about it from Do hard monies point of view for sure they are going to be ultra conservative I don't blame them and they are only going to fund screaming deals where the borrower has Zero skin in the game other than the  3k and 600 fee and there are most likely other little fee's like title and escrow.. but show me a beginner who can land screaming deals.. sure some will stumble on them. but in my 40 years of lending HM most beginners have no clue as to what a deal is.and therefore this company is killing it making 3600 on turn downs.. pretty sweet if you can get away with it. 

More of a wholesaler) on the ground of helping acquire the land etc. had spoke sweet misinformation to me telling me that the builder will begin submitting to the city for permits (which requires the survey and septic design to be completed $$$) while financing is being completed to shave 1-2 months off the typical timeframe.

If you're going for cash flow, B/B+ is the sweet spot.Best of luck!