You can carry all or part of the sale price, set the interest rate, term, and even a balloon payment.Before doing it, make sure the monthly payments cover your costs (taxes, insurance, HOA if any) and leave a margin for cash flow.Also, consider having a note and mortgage/deed of trust drafted by a professional, so you’re protected if the buyer ever stops paying.Owner financing can be a great way to get higher returns than traditional sales, but you want the numbers to pencil out for you today — not just for the buyer.

This asset class is highly operator-dependent — and the margin for error is extremely thin.

I’ve personally deployed over $400M in North Carolina for Blackstone and other large investment groups.Today, I run my own real estate investment program, where we build new-construction homes and sell them up to 90 days before completion with a $30K discount for qualified investors.

Don't expect it to ever be a hands off machine before many years of hard work and even then if you want to keep higher margins, a lot of the heavy lifting will have to be done by you. 

Home Depot has always (over 15 years I have seen it) had items which either do not get the discount or only gets partial discount.

Margins are thinner than people expect.Nashville ARVs look attractive on paper, but rehab and holding costs climb fast.

On the small residential side (SFR and 2–4 units), it seems like many investors are tightening their numbers and insisting on deeper discounts or stronger value‑add plays before moving forward.​Curious what you are seeing in your market, what’s working for you, and what types of financing or deal structures you think make the most sense with where rates and risk are today.

If you do a cost segregation study and take 100% bonus depreciation, and you’re able to materially participate in the STR, you might be looking at around $311,250 in paper losses.If your marginal tax rate is, say, 24%, that could mean roughly $74,700 in federal tax savings.

If you’re talking about flipping then the margins are just going to be a lot tighter on cheaper properties, making it harder.

Gaining a little equity by moving faster doesn’t matter if it adds unnecessary risk, tighter timelines, or thinner margins.