Let me know if you want to explore that as a comparison to Indy.

I guess in comparison to interest paying the private money guy it wouldn't be that terrible.

Not nearly as big nor the growth opporunity but thought I would pop my 2 cents in here as a comparison. 

there's just not even a comparison. 

But to be honest, it pails in comparison to the gain from the equity creation. 

I'll have to wait until the end of the year to get a good comparison of year to year but overall, I'm very happy with AIRBNB.

The last time I worked with a hard money lender, the terms were:Interest rate: prime plus 5%Closing cost: 5%Term: 12 monthsAmortization: Interest only based on a 20-year loanBelow is a comparison of costs between a conforming loan and a hard money loan, assuming a $100,000 loan at a 7% interest rate.As you can see, a hard money loan significantly increases your costs.Sale PriceA costly mistake new flippers make is to start with the property's purchase price, add all the costs, and decide that will be the sales price.

There are certainly lots of options in those markets but could also recommend a few others that are seeing similar growth for comparison such as MEM and LIT.It is a good idea to have someone familiar with the markets and sub-markets of the areas you are considering.

For the sake of playing devil’s advocate—and to provide clearer context—I wanted to lay out a side-by-side comparison between (a) the traditional turnkey model and (b) a creative financing-based model, let's refer to this as “turnkey with creative deals.”

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