Not a landlord but here is my two cents: Do they have solid financials and references? 

Data refers to national parks (NP) with at least 50 annual available listings in their submarkets. 

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For example, here is one we recently received on a property we sold a few months ago (the numbers refer to the inspection report).

Hi Venkata--this thread from the other day may be helpful 3 month cash-out DSCR in WI (biggerpockets.com)I actually saved it myself for future reference. 

.), you can legally pay a referral fee on a commercial mortgage loan, as long as the referring source does nothing more than call you with a name and phone number of a prospective borrower.However, if the referral source — say, a commercial real estate broker — starts to negotiate terms (rate, points, term, etc.), then he is working as a commercial mortgage broker.

Most folks think that this is referring to a practice called basis shifting which would allow your moms estate to sell property to you at an inflated price in order to take advantage of the tax free step up in the estate.  

I think you are referring to companies that do equity sharing. 

If resale is your focus, think about the future desirability of the area and whether you can add value that will be recognized by future buyers.Bay Area investing is tough, but it can be rewarding if approached with the right strategy and mindset.

Wrt vegreville (I’m quite familiar) and other satellites around Edmonton you’ll find higher risk and higher reward.