Give the builder a % cut in addition to money.

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Could probably cut that down a little but I tend to underwrite conservatively. 

That being said, if the program existed back then, I definitely would have used it.The featured agent program is a "shortcut" to get in front of high-intent leads straight from the BiggerPockets community.

Are you saying you will raise the rent $200 each month for 3 months straight? 

The seller already has given me a good deal on the property due to her being forced to return to NYC for work post-covid (seller is paying $20K out of pocket after overpaying for the property 2 yrs ago, and sellers agent is taking a commission cut to make the deal work).

Curb cut rules.   

And, you have an additional $3k in drywall work that wasn't planned because the electrician needs to cut holes to pull the new wires.  

I manage my own short term rental and have one cleaner who does all turnovers and another individual who cuts the grass every two weeks.

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