Solution - Seller financingWhen I try to solve a problem, I always start with something I call “The Collapse Block”.

There aren't an overwhelming number of line items for a real estate investment such that you need to collapse them.Personally, I enjoy the breakout! 

Old clay tile lines can break up and partially collapse which provides the same outcome as roots.

Rents increased dramatically here during the housing collapse 

If the deal collapses and I would lose everything, I'm out.

An investor tried to Reno the basemento & his contractor took out the support beams and the floor collapsed.

Otherwise is it easy for someone to take all the rent as cash flow and want to split it.You need an agreement on how much of the money is set aside each month for taxes, insurance, maintenance (even if he does it with free labor, parts cost too), CAPEX (same, supplies cost), remember he cannot do everything, what if the sewer collapses or the septic tank needs to be replaced, some things are best hired out. 

If the deal collapses and I would lose everything, I'm out.

., building more apartments), because if yield increases too heavily and prices collapse there's a backstop. 

The next day, the ceiling collapsed in the downstairs basement.