@Brandon Sturgill If you are looking at seller carried deals like I have done you are probably dealing with older, tired landlords... and I'm not trying to stereo type.   

It's not perpetual motion, but it's close.If you're going to invest out of state, you have to visit the area, and have good boots on the ground. 

I didn't mean to be stereotype there. 

The profits (one-time or perpetual rental) are split between the two parties.Basically, I would like to have more flexibility and more options.

However, if I have to go that route, I suppose it beats having the $200K+ illiquid perpetually.

Unemployment and expensive city living can perpetuate poverty from one generation to the next.

I also appreciate your reference of paper media as a tool to help with displaying the results of such an effort; it reminds me of something like a Rand McNally Road Atlas :)My hope is not to find an encyclopedia-depth of information presented in a visual form, but to identify the basic building blocks of the 'common' or 'stereotypical' real estate transaction, and for that information to be presented in a visual format like a diagram.

It sounds like you did a very good job for your investors and got a lot of repeat business, and that was a self-perpetuating and sustaining cycle that didn't require disclosing past performance.

You will most likely pay a premium for the property to begin with, and then perpetual costs for all the services they provide.

"Unique and profitable with perpetual business guaranteed!"