It will cost you a couple of percentage points, but it will get the deal closed for you.

Ultimately I think its more up to the owner than you trying to force a client into renting but if your end question is "does it make sense" and your job is a property manager, well, you get paid if you place a tenant (if that's how you arrange your contract) so do you want to get paid and is the amount of work worth the few months potentially you will be collecting a percentage of rent.If all those things are accurate, in order to protect yourself, you might want to stipulate that if you are able to place a tenant, and the military member comes home earlier than 1 year, you get a set amount in fees payable by the owner in order to cover the placing of the tenant.

Anyone advising you to do that is practicing financial malpractice.When a self-directed IRA uses debt financing, there is a small tax on the percentage of the gains that are attributed to the borrowed funds. 

is correct in noting that material costs do not vary too widely in most places--so a roof, sheet rock, siding and other materials will hurt these percentages more on a lower priced home than on a higher priced one.

A large percentage of my practice I communicate with digitally.

As an urban area struggling with unemployment and a high percentage of unaccredited public schools in the city there are many areas where you can buy at a low cost.

Prior to any subcontractor starting work on your jobsite discuss payment methods percentage of payments (draws) and release of liens.

The return appear to be a percentage point or two less than competitive direct offerings, though I can understand why given the 'disclosure burden' and overhead of interacting with many smaller investors.Again, I'm not here to cheerlead for this trend but do find it personally interesting and recognize the biggest risks are 'black swan' issues - the unknown reality vs. the on-paper plan if a deal or a site goes bad.

I'm interested to see where your profit margin lies.I'm assuming you have a minimum profit criteria for you to go through with a deal and now since the percentage is higher you might have some doubt?

He buys them, I retain a percentage for all my hard work and ongoing management.