I have 14 units and about 60% pay on time and 40% pay late( past pre-determined due date). 

When the transaction closes, the purchase is funded, and we set aside additional funds in an escrow account to pay predetermined professionals to make any required or desired repairs or upgrades to a property AFTER the buyers settle on the purchase transaction.

The individual is a creditor of the reporting company.The term “creditor” means an individual who would meet thedefinition of a beneficial owner of the reporting company solelythrough rights or interests for the payment of a predetermined sumof money, such as a debt incurred by the reporting company, ora loan covenant or other similar right associated with such rightto receive payment that is intended to secure the right to receivepayment or enhance the likelihood of repayment.For example, an individual qualifies for the creditor exception ifthe individual is entitled to payment from the reporting companyto satisfy a loan or debt, so long as this entitlement is the onlyownership interest the individual has in the reporting company.

Is it because they will become a 50% (or other predetermined %) equity owner if and when it all goes pear-shaped for you (again)?

OR should I base it on a percentage of equity earned that is predetermined before we close on the property?  

Even the surprises are predetermined. 

Section 8 here has a predetermined rent amount (max allowance) for each property depending on if it is a house, apartment, townhouse, etc and what utilities the landlord pays versus the tenant.

If the buyer has no capital and is a recent “graduate” of a guru mentorship program and needs to borrow the earnest money, then disaster is predetermined. 

And when hit certain pre-determined portfolio size, we flip strategy over to consolidation and start pouring profit's into the actual LT hold properties.

In many cases, the rent is predetermined and could have been agreed to in 1990 so the rent that should be $5,000 per month is $2,000 per month and the Landlord can't do a thing about it.6.