Detroit has been a straight shot up since the crash.

with my last tenants I tried posting rent "discounts" for length of lease.

With that being said, it’s always good to see someone that feels strongly about what they’re talking about and not afraid to set matter straight. :-)

@Rich Solano Need to lock those up at deeper discounts shoot for 30% minimum remember market values are still inflated in many cases, if you only buy with a 10% discount and we get a strong market correction you'll be in a tough spot.

@Brandon WongHello, I put together a spreadsheet model a while ago for calculating IRRs on rental investments, as an attempt to capture comparable returns by discounting future cash flows (in REI you also hear about cash-on-cash, which is typically at a point in time), and it sounded like you are having a related predicament.

I could also just do a straight arbitrage/master lease but prefer the co-host model as I see it as more equitable and disperses risk and reward more evenly between myself as the co-host and the syndication LLC as the property owner.

They could be listing it as discount points instead, but if that's NOT the case, you should have a credit (not a cost) for a 7% rate I'd think. 

I do the standard buy and hold but the property has to be bought at a discount - 85% of ARV is my maximum - including purchase price and rehab.

There's not many markets for this and the markets that exist either need high upside or a discount to make it happen. - It's not easier getting one big check than 100 little checks.

Having  more flexible cancellation policies, having good reviews, offering discounts, updating listings periodically, not cancelling on people, etc