What you are looking for is the security of employment with the rewards of entrepreneurship.

What's the risk vs. reward?

Each person has to decide the risk/reward of how they want to structure their investments.

Risk/Reward needs to be appropriate.

I've got a ruger red label picked out to reward myself when I hit a certain benchmark in my REI.Tim

I posted a couple of weeks ago (See what happens when a deal goes bad) about owning a house for the THIRD TIME. In short I;

bought this place in '03 for $52K, put $2K into it and flipped it for $75K. Received $2K dow...

works like a charm...

This is probably a question for an attorney but had a concept I haven't tried that I wanted to float by you - no portion of the rent going to the downpayment but upon execution of the purchase the tenant buyer is "rewarded" with a fixed figure downpayment?

I then called and asked if they were looking to buy properties or if they ever rehabbed.Both of these took alot of time but the reward for me was worth the efforts.I hope this helps.

The return you get is the reward on your investment.