Great design choices too!

My wife and I enjoy watching those shows for entertainment and to soak in different ideas on design choices like where/when to remove walls, kitchen layouts, etc.Their market is different than ours, and the P&L's are drastically oversimplified to the point that I'd never expect to replicate their results.    

Your distressed owner has basically two choices, he can take your offer for cash or wait for the auction and lose everything.

I was divorced in 2010 and left with an upside down mortgage I couldn't afford ( I took it on by choice), which I "house hack" by renting 2 of my 3 bedrooms out.  

They have two choices.

Just thought I would drop you a line to say that I am happy for you, because you have made some very wise choices.

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What is a better choice a regular employer 401k or a roth 401k.Looking to build funds and in a couple of years take loans against the 401k to buy real estate.

I'd suggest syncing up with them and their real estate holding strategy, as there are many effective choices.

Thanks to everyone for the responses.I agree that not showing the house was not optimal but in the situation I didn't have a choice.