@Lokesh W. my exact philosophy :~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~" don't have to worry about this for a while "

There are different camps for equity and cash-flow philosophy.

Not everyone needs cash flow in the near term for it to fit with their investment philosophy, goals, and return metrics.BTW...I love "equity flow" Jon!

Our philosophy is that if we can stop money from going OUT as quick as possible, it will build up faster and we can sooner afford upgrading where needed.

You would be expected to present your team, its investment philosophy, experience and then your plan(s).The winning plan itself would cover many elements, (all similar to any other commercial investment), but is not something you could cobble together by yourself over the weekend unless you've done this sort of challenge before.Personnaly, I would not put too much time into this without knowing who you were dealing with.

Just my philosophy on investing.

My point is that whether it's a good or bad idea to ask has more to do with the tenant, your philosophy, demand in your area if they vacate, etc. than $200.

Despite what many folks here will tell you, I am of the philosophy that if you leverage yourself to the point where "other's people money" is making the other people richer than you are, then it isn't good business. 

I know this doesn't relate directly to the issue we are discussing, which is lease back to the foreclosed family, but I thought it was interesting that maybe an investor could use the same humanitqarian philosophy and shift the foreclosed family from their house to another house in the same neighborhood.

The type of investor/partner= someone with similar investment and management philosophy, 50k-500k to invest, and looking for something less hands-on, and low on the risk side.