If you want a way to measure that quality you can either inspect the job yourself on a regular basis or hire an independent inspector to look over the contractors shoulder as the job progresses.

That should get your foot in the door with all of the risk on the owners shoulders.

Sorry Dustin Poole , I thought we were discussing ARV percentages.Without going through the specific numbers, your format is outstanding and head and shoulders above all the “What are you waiting for?

Yes there is a human aspect to this, but you've clearly demonstrated per point 1 that the sellers are benefitting from this deal and are probably taking a huge burden off their shoulders.

I have several forearms tattoos and also upper/arm shoulder tattoos.

I spend tons of hours on the computer and my shoulders and back take quite a beating.Find an investor local to you ( maybe one on here) you would have to do a member search by location.Welcome to BP! 

There is no number to plug in here- every deal stands on its own, and how well things get done sit square on the shoulders of who ever is quarterbacking the project.

From what I have seen with close acquaintances' ownership of duplex in Breckenridge, the high season can make up for the lull of pricing and increased vacancies in the shoulder seasons.

You probably will find a cold shoulder from the commercial brokers.  

So on its face they would like the deal to work so they get a pay day but at the end of the day if it does not ... they just shrug their shoulders with an Oh Well and sorry poor seller that I tied up your home with no real ability to close etc etc.This type of behavoiur is probably one of the reasons the banks and other sellers are going to demand much higher EMD .. so in the end its the very people that do not have any funds or are not willing to put their own funds up that are creating this higher EMD environment and they are shooting them selves in the foot with unintended consiquences.