It is actually a very good deal, but I am afraid that this feature could delay the flip/ reduce my margin.

Reduce your debts and increase your earnings.To buy real estate you need at least 1 or 2 the following.

Besides, with us doing it, instead of the tenant, it reduces the chance of something going wrong.

The problem is, she can't refinance it and reduce her rate (hers is around 8%), so she's trying to sell it.My gut tells me to snatch it from her and put a prop manager in place to manage it and keep receiving those checks.

Just for more clarity, I will be living in this home for the first year or so then it will turn into a rental property.Purchase Price $200,000Association Fees $250/MonthProperty Taxes $3,700/year (will be reduced to around $3,100 after first year)Interest rate 3.75%As far as my mutual funds go they were basically low risk "SHORT-TERM BOND-C."

This would reduce your stress and increase your free time.

Is it possible to negotiate the liens, reduce, or eliminate this with the bank before closing?

That would mean an overall adjustment of 9.4 percent each year.But the new rate structure would greatly reduce this impact for Baltimore’s more modest water consumers.

Our AZ investor gets 10-20 higher price and then collects payments on the OBC- during which time he pays his mortgage (reducing the balance).  

If inside, I could do the internet option, but adding outside is ideal to reduce cost and have the property management company read the meter.Thank You,Erich