The broker enabled the transaction and loses his livelihood with a suspended license.

With the father paying the rent and enabling the son, the son has nothing to lose and won't care if the dog destroys anything.

I'm asking the professionals in each field for advice on what would be a higher yield passive investment I can start focusing on to enable us to enjoy a year+ abroad.    

You pretty much summed it up n your post, but I will add the following:http://beta.biggerpockets.com/forums/223/topics/73...I'm not saying BP specifically landed me this deal, taught me how to do it, or helped me fund it, but it am saying that in part, because of my time spent on BP, I became an investor that enabled me to do a deal that resulted in a seven figure payday!

Obviously, you also have to have a great deal to show them their money is safe should something go wrong and that there’s enough profit in to enable you to pay them back.

Being able to filter the forum by "Views" "Replies" - this enables me to see some of the most popular posts that probably got buried...because in some of these high post threads there is a lot of GOLDEN CONTENT in them.2.)

This will enable me financial freedom.My questions: How does this plan sound?

while cash will give you a higher return in terms of monetary value, financing enables you to use leverage and increase the return on your investment in the bigger picture.

Mitsubishi has some multi zone mini split heat pumps worth ne technology that enable the refrigerant to run fluidly to about -25F.

Still, I am glad for my 20 years, it enables me to focus 100% on Real Estate with a lot less stress.