The contractor is now telling me I owe the final balance or he will send me to collections.

I had to pay another contractor to finish the job they botched.They are threatening to put a lien on the property for the balance owed, yet there's no balance owed since they didn't finish the work.

Especially on the balance sheet.

House3 carries its own mortgage for the remaining balance $21,500. 

., then separately open a brokerage trading account within the entity to manage the balance of their portfolio in conventional assets.So bottom line; Wall St firms are Wall St assets only.  

How will that look on your balance sheet?

You will find the right balance soon enough. 

@Shane H.In most jurisdictions, if you accept a partial payment AFTER the due date, you waive your right to pursue other collection remedies for the balance. 

After the work is done and you get the lien waiver you can pay them the full balance. 

but lenders also want cash down.so to get a 100% funded deal its got to be a screaming deal other wise it wont cut it at underwriting and so those with no money to put down and beginning find it difficult to find those deals in todays market.. so they end up being out 3kso its not nothing down its 3k down until you get a deal . plus you should check i believe there is a submission fee.others have reported this site that they paid the 3k and paid multiple submission fee's and never got funded. so they are out thousands for this no money down loan.now to be fair and balanced i dont blame the lender for being very tight on underwriting .. but its Caveat Emptor for sure.