If you did not want her to show it you could have easily stopped her from doing so.You knew there was no balloon payment prior to signing the contract, sorry but to me this sounds like you have sour grapes since the buyer defaulted and now want to place all the blame on the agent.Lowering the price would have resulted in a more traditional offer.

This sounds like it might be your limiting factor in going the traditional 30 yr mortgage route.  

A Traditional IRA and a Roth IRA.

I also have a soft spot (pun intended) for BBQ turkey in any traditional BBQ style and for a good bowl of beef Pho. 

Usually a portion of the $700 would go towards interest, taxes, and insurance and the remainder would pay down the balance of the loan just like a traditional mortgage.

If you take the traditional financing out for these two properties:FHA for multifamilyHML refinance into conventionalIt makes most sense to buy the multifamily first for several reasons:1.

Was it a hard money loan, were you able to save and use your own cash, finance through a traditional loan?

My current rentals are mortgages held in my name with traditional lending.  

They hold IRA accounts and can process transactions associated with an IRA's investment into non-traditional assets such as real estate.  

Traction REIA holds a monthly meeting in Tysons/Falls Church, but they are more traditional in that they are usually pushing a product or a system.