50/50 profit split would be pretty typical for a case like this.

Typically they'll order a BPO or a full appraisal.

Then we return 18%.Homes we have access to are at 10-15% market value and we sell at 40-50% value in six months typically.

Since 2004, annual returns averaged around 8 percent and ranged from 7.3 percent to 9 percent, but last decade returns were typically in the low-double digits, the investor said.The fund told investors it followed a "split strike conversion" strategy, which entailed owning stock and buying and selling options to limit downside risk, said the investor, who requested anonymity.Jon Najarian, an acquaintance of Madoff who has traded options for decades, said "Many of us questioned how that strategy could generate those kinds of returns so consistently."

A real estate crash typically takes months or years giving you time to think, strategize and react.

I'm looking forward to the yearly Fannie Mae auctions on properties that they have mismanaged into an the typical state of an REO property.

If your landlord refi the property then he has to do it in his own name (banks typically do not refi in the company name).

If D is a Realtor wouldn't a typical broker fee apply???

Typically how I work with my agent is that I do Internet searches and then e-mail my agent the properties I'm interested in seeing, he sets up appointments, and we see them.

This could include such things like bums living there, a nasty pumping station right in front of your park frontage, etc, etc...You have to think of it from a typical family's point of view as a homeowner.