You are going to give up a percentage of your return?

Is it the same ratio as the percentage of lending?

It would cost a small percentage of that to build an addition here in Florida.

Occasionally, you will find private money lenders that require a percentage of profit on the sale, rather than, or in addition to, the other fees and/or interest.Loan terms can also vary, but most private money loans tend to be about 6 months.

A percentage of the property value?

Kay, dependent on the income level the units are in can make a difference of percentage and also the number of units. 

In other words on a $50k loan, foreclosure and other costs eat up a bigger percent of that $15k in equity whereas on a $300k loan those expenses make up a much smaller percentage of that $90k in equity?  

One of the things we invest in are tax liens, we will have 500-750 at any given time, most are quite affordable and percentage-wise, we are now ending up with approx 10-15% of them maturing to us each year. 

Perhaps in this case the percentage that the Realtor collects for the sale of the home might need to be increased?

We are all quite capable of living below our means, and saving a large percentage of our income in our first one or two years of working.