A 5% seller carry with two years of interest-only gives you time to prove operations, which matters far more than squeezing the last basis point out of the rate.Splitting the price between the building and FF&E is smart from a documentation and tax perspective, and getting a clean FF&E schedule or appraisal is worth the effort.

I’ve done a few of these where I found the deal, negotiated the terms and handled all the legal documents.

The house is offered to the buyer at the ARV price, and we explain how we plan to rehab the property and its worth after repairs (ARV).The end buyer has to make a commitment of at least 10% of the ARV, provide proof of funds, and other documents required to list the property on our website.

It would need to go through a Non-QM lender.It can be doable, but the key will be identifying a U.S. individual who can provide a personal guarantee and documenting the full ownership chain (trust, LLC, and corporation).If there’s a U.S. guarantor and clear signing authority, we should have options.

At that point the leverage shifts entirely to the contractor and it does not come back.Before you hire anyone in Houston for a project of any size you need a line item scope of work covering every trade, a budget built from actual costs not ballpark figures, a timeline with milestones, and material specifications with alternatives listed so lead time issues don't stop your project cold.That document is what you hand a GC.

I need basic rent collection, bills management, documented communication with tenants and eventually help with finding and screening new tenants.  

When communication is split across phone, email, and SMS, where does it usually break down — follow-ups, documentation, response time, or reporting back to owners? 

Of course, you don’t know how good your loan documents are until they’ve been contested.

• Do pre-listing inspections and documentation really help?

Assume the potential applicant does not have the documentation needed to be thoroughly validated.