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Last week we introduced you to a reluctant landlord: a homeowner now living 400 miles away, stuck with a rental she didn't want but couldn't bring herself to sell because of the financing. We asked for your best strategies. Here's what actually happened.

First, the corrected data. When we arrived, a few things looked different from what we'd been told.

Her actual payment was $1,397 PITI — not $2,162 (we had calculated based on interest rate averages). She had a 3% loan she'd apparently forgotten to brag about. The $25,000 in repairs was a general contractor's estimate based on what the departing tenants had done to the place. Our walkthrough told a different story: maybe $10,000, mostly interior paint and a handful of minor fixes. Classic homeowner math — beloved home plus tenant damage equals catastrophe. Actual damage was more like inconvenience.

The house was worth $425,000 in a market appreciating at roughly 10% annually with no signs of slowing.

We made her two offers.

Offer One: $270,000 cash. Based on our MAO formula with $25,000 in repairs factored in. Clean, simple, probably $80,000 in profit for us. She would have walked away clean.

Offer Two: $325,000 — full value minus repairs — paid within two years via a lease-option. We'd lease the house from her for $1,500 per month, handle all repairs and future maintenance, and cash her out when we exercised the option. She would never have to set foot on the property again. First, last, and $1,500 security deposit — which we'd credit against the balance at closing. No option fee requested, none offered.

She took Offer Two.

Within 30 days we placed a tenant-buyer: a business owner with strong income but only one year of tax returns under his current business — one return short of qualifying for conventional financing. He needed 18 more months. He paid $10,000 down ($5,000 of which would apply toward his purchase price), and his option price was set at $500,000, based on continued appreciation over two years. He agreed to handle all repairs and maintenance during occupancy. We never touched the house.

Eighteen months later he was ready to close. Appreciation had cooled and the house appraised at $480,000 — not $500,000. We reduced his price to match. No drama.

Here's how the numbers settled out:

$1,500/month spread (his rent minus our lease payment) × 18 months: $27,000 Net option payment after purchase credit: $5,000 Sale spread ($480,000 minus $325,000): $155,000 Total profit: $187,000 — with roughly $2,500 in marketing to find the deal and zero cash directly in the transaction.

Full disclosure: this was our single best profit deal in company history. Results are not typical. But the structure is real, repeatable, and available to anyone willing to learn it.

Next Week's Toolbox:

Divorcing sellers in Tennessee. VA loan at 3%. Tree fell on the garage — took out part of a wall and the roof. $40,000 estimated repair. Insurance denied the claim: flooding conditions, no flood coverage. House is otherwise solid.

They can't repair it. They can't easily sell it. Write in with your best strategy ideas and we may feature your response next week.

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