For example, the lawyer will own the property 50% themselves or find another Costa Rican to own the other 50%, then (hopefully) create paperwork that doesn’t allow that Costa Rican to steal the property, (although this has happened on many occasions including the lawyers themselves stealing the property, so I'd be very careful who you choose to "partner" with).

Those are prime for non-tenants to steal the water.

They know that they can pull a fast one and steal the deal, but then they will never get anymore opportunities from us.

@Jacque Fairbourn, kudos on getting your clients to beg borrow or steal the $3k YOU require up front (yes that's right, up front - "a rose by any other name"), when THEY were already told they'd be getting 100% financing!...

There is one potential issue that has not been addressed: what if seller, who let buy take sub2, decided to "steal" the house back after 1 year, 5 years of payments?

(And that is only allowed in the market place)On a slightly different note...you also want to be careful about posting that information, because you will have 100 people contacting that owner trying to steal the deal from you.

The Niagara Stealth from Home Depot uses only .8 gpf, I've installed them and they work well.

@James Vega You had a tenant steal the carpet??

One guy told me that while he and his wife were home, someone was trying to steal the stained glass window out the wall of their house!

I steal the good ones away from fellow contractors who under pay them :)After many years you will appreciate who is capable & who is useless or shows up still reeking of liquor.