In effect, earnest money is just paying more of the down payment and closing costs upfront.”Keep in mind, this isn’t required, and it doesn’t guarantee your offer will be accepted.

Thanks There's never any guarantee you're going to get 100% of your own cash back out of the house especially in a short time frame.

;t=2468sThe cost of the coaching is backed by a guarantee in each contract.

.- Section 8 income isn't guaranteed.

Quote from @Shayan Sameer: Quote from @Zachary Deal: As several folks have mentioned leveraging equity in current property you owned is a great tool but still comes with the some of risks as you had before using hard money debt as there is never a guarantee your new project will be a success (there will always be risks with real estate investing).Leveraging your investment property would probably be the first step I would take. 

We do our best to ensure our customers realize their full potential ROI, but we can not guarantee a successful outcome as this is the risk that is associated with investing in real estate.

Just no guarantee if things get better or worse in your neighborhood.   

I would anticipate a semi-guaranteed government run insurance program, similar to the national flood insurance program of some sort and perhaps connected to an existing department of housing program to manifest.

I had a STR in another market get shut down by zoning, so I put construction workers in there on a 30+day stay over the summer and now have a MTR tenant to keep the lights on through May after which I'll sell since I have no guarantee on having another 30+day contract next summer.

Killeen is a military area, so that monthly rent would almost be guaranteed.