If you do a balloon or ARM you can lower your interest rate - but I would base it on some available product.The cash(or bank financed) alternative is important because it gives them that option if they want it and it keeps either side from agreeing to a bad price.How long has the property been on the market?

Want an alternative way that won't ask for a 3 or 6 month commitment? 

my current employer (a huge PM firm) uses appfolio which is great but their onboarding fees PLUS minimum monthly fees are too high for my private portfolio.are there any cheaper alternatives to appfolio?

We basically only need to pay for the property including taxes etc. and the building materials needed, since we can plan and build by ourselves. 

We basically only need to pay for the property including taxes etc. and the building materials needed, since we can plan and build by ourselves. 

An alternative is to get them to agree to mediation / arbitration but it sounds like she just doesn't want to sell anymore.The language in the paragraph you copied basically makes repair of any 'violations' a condition of the sale and contemplates three options; 1) The seller repairs violations2) The contract is canceled with refund of deposit and specific expenses3) Contract if fulfilled with a $500 abatement in price for non-repaired violations (I assume you sent the requisite notice for this option)From what little I know, specific performance is difficult to win.

It took about three weeks (I was primarily working alone) and cost over $10k in materials.

i have always brought with me in my brief case Alternate Options which I have at the ready .

Many simply shoot for a yield, a blind shot blindfolded, but the discount represents the risk assumed that places the subject investment in line with similar investment alternatives that carry different levels of risk, it is a risk based analysis.

Get going...there is a lot of material out there but nothing trumps experience.