You’ll pay a dear price for privacy and security but peace of mind may be more valuable to you.

Most of my purchases, and clients I work with, are leveraged so we are looking for as much consistency and security as possible so that puts us in more owner occupied type areas.

While it only returns 5.23% currently, it provides a great cushion allowing sufficient time to wait out a crash without having to resort to selling properties at inopportune times - at fire sale prices.5- I keep a large part of my portfolio in high yielding notes secured by real property - and while I want every loan to make payments as agreed, my experience indicates that a certain percentage will default with me owning the property during periods of economic contraction.

The vast majority of lawsuits against Landlords are for wrongful eviction, security deposit disputes, and Fair Housing Violations.

He is charging for a service that you would not have been able to secure on your own.I would stipulate this is on a per deal basis.Gino

Is an interest in a DST (Delaware Statutory Trust) considered real estate ownership or a security in Florida? 

Also, if you are able to secure LOI's with prospective retail/warehouse tenants, this always helps with the financing piece.

Efficient negotiations secured the property for $236,000 on favorable terms.

Negotiations were handled efficiently, securing the property for $80,000 with favorable terms.

The point of a deposit is to secure performance under the contract.