Part of my offer to the seller is that I can save them the 6% listing fee they would pay that agent as I’m an agent myself.

That way it’s one less agreement I have to have with a company and pay setup fees etc

If the landlord's already owed $500 from the security (say 2 months into a 12 month lease), that may not leave much more security to cover all future damages/unpaid rent/cleaning fees/etc. at move-out.

We have very tenant friendly laws in Portland and would have to pay a "relocation fee" to the tenant if we were moving them out so we could move in.

Since all of our properties are buy and hold rentals, we take the fair market rent lost as well as the estimated cost of utilities for the month and break it into a daily penalty fee.

Hey all,Does anyone know an investor friendly hvac guy to install a complete system in a house I am flipping in the Bagley area of Detroit.

I have heard of options using installment sales that might be able to rescue the exchange after day-45. 

Your purchase price with only $80k of repairs and assuming no other costs like closing or money lending fees could be up to $145k to have to be at the $225k all in price.

You Could, but with an REO you’ll need a legit POF or preapproval, you won’t be able to assign it, and you likely won’t find a flipper willing to pay that price, let alone with any fee on top of it.

@Ben Miculob If you've got an honest seller, you can take a boilerplate contract for your area and have a real estate attorney look over it for a small fee.