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Purchasing a property as a real estate agent
I'm buying a house from a client that I have a rent to own option.
I will be using traditional financing to purchase the property. It's a single family investment property so all my different lenders have explained to me I will need to be down 15-20% minimum. I've been told I can include commission and seller credits for closing and purchase the property for the real value instead. OR I can purchase the home at the discount price I am getting based on our agreed rent to own lease we have in place.
I am a licensed real estate agent/broker.
I would like to keep my down payment for the home as low as possible.
1) Price $470,000 with credits/commissions in the $42,000 range ($52,000 + closing costs - down payment)
2) Price $435,000 with credits/commissions in the $10,000 range ($77,000 + closing costs)
I'd prefer to do option 1. The monthly expense is about $80/mth difference for the lower loan amount with lower purchase price. Am I missing something? Are there other options, does anything here sound problematic?



