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Executed a master lease with a one year option to purchase for a fixed price and guaranteed them a set amount each month.

We are just refinancing a loan.Here’s how it works: You create an LLCYou buy a homeYour LLC gives you a loan for the homeYou file the deed for that loan at the county courthouseYou use the money from the LLC to buy and fix up the propertyOnce the property is completed, your conventional lender comes to refinance the loanYour conventional lender runs title and sees there is a loan.Your conventional lender refinances you into a new loan, and cuts a check to your LLCâ¦a check in the amount of 75% of the value.Please don't confuse this 75% with a "cash out" amount.

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Not the place to skimp.If you budgeted too small amount for the counters that is a problem, don't just stick to the budget if the budget is wrong.

The money you "save" will probably not be significant when you take into consideration the amount of work that you will have to do that a realtor normally coordinates. 

You most certainly need to know how to pencil that out with real and reliable numbers.On your last question-Do you mean to imply you have enough for a down payment plus another amount independent of  down payment which would equal to 6 months of payments.

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@Mike StadelThere's two ways to do it depending on the renovations necessary:- If it's a short term deal, the investors can wire the full amount to the title company, who then cuts any excess checks made out to both parties.- If it's a longer term deal the investors could wire a portion of the capital (enough to acquire) to the title company to acquire the property.

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