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Updated over 11 years ago on . Most recent reply

Well, this is awkward ... (HUD 1 will say I'm loaded when I'm not!)
Hey all,
We are scheduled to close tomorrow on the sale of a property we rehabbed (woo-hoo!). This is my first rehab, and we will make a decent profit (again, woo-hoo!) ... however, the profit is nothing close to what the paperwork will make it appear to be!
It occurred to me today that we will walk out of the closing tomorrow with a check for about $150k-plus. The majority of that will pay back money we borrowed for rehab, a hunk of cash my business partner put into the venture, etc.
The thing is, I don't want the buyer to think 150k is the profit we made, for a variety of reasons. How do you handle this, if at all? I was thinking along the lines of a joke during closing, like, "Man, I wish we were pocketing all that!" haha
Do you all say anything, or just leave it be?
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You definitley shouldn't be feeling guilty even if you were making $150k profit. If they are happy with the house and they agreed to the price they should be happy.
Were you seriously asking that lol?? If it's not alot of money to you then you should give me $50k which I'm sure you can spare if 3x that isn't alot to you.