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You have asked a lot of questions that with some digging through the search bar you will find have been covered many times.1) Talk to a lender when you're closer to your buy timeline and they will outline the different financing options ranging from 3.5%+ down FHA to 5%+ conventional financing and the pro/cons of each.

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Currently, I have access and have completed some of the Adventures in Commercial Real Estate Accelerator Program, an extensive real estate financial modeling course, covering topics and modeling such as direct cap, key risk/return metrics, income statements (retail, hotel, office, multifamily, industrial), leases, waterfall models, acquisitions/development models, etc.

David Greene covered the topic on one of the latest podcasts as well confirming that 6 months is a traditional answer for a lot of lenders, but isn't a hard and fast rule, therefore I need to continue to search.Your 75% comment is interesting because many of the HML websites I have been on are all marketing their products around a % of purchase price plus rehab, not starting at 75% of ARV which might (ideally will) cover the entire purchase price. 

Yes, the LPs are putting capital at risk, but GPs are putting their time at risk, and time cannot be repurchased.But as noted above, you are referring to the waterfall, which outlines exactly how the money will flow from the deal, and they can be structured in infinite ways.  

I also am curious about other people's opinion on this topic!