You own it with carrot.

Its like dangling a carrot in front of a horse!

Right now I have a carrot Investor website, doing a absentee owner direct mail campaign, & looking to get list from list source to cold call?

@Carlos SotoIf you have the money then consider leadpropeller and investor carrot (oncarrot) to set up a tailored set of websites and get leads direct from the people?

Tom Krol has praised us, and we about to be a Carrot certified vendor.

Depends on the investor.. 8% I/O plus a ~15% carrot in 24 months might be attractive. 

Then I could dangle the carrot of giving them their deposit back promptly, bla bla. 

Through proper application of reasoning and a subtle carrot and stick approach, you can get reasonable tenants to do just about anything so long as you are being fair on your end.

I thought the practice was illegal, but from what I can tell it is just that it would be illegal to demand the entire year's rent up front, but ok if they offer it.So far, in my limited experience, it has been the parents of college kids who offer this, and occasionally someone with less than stellar rental history who wants to dangle the carrot of a whole year's rent in front of me to entice me to look past their past.Kelly

Carrots make sticks stronger.