And I can't think of any other businesses where an owner would voluntarily pay a vendor in equity or create an equity partnership with a vendor.This is just not smart business practice, for many reasons.This isn't the biggest risk in my experience, but here's one example of what can go wrong when someone has a fiduciary responsibility to two parties in a contractual relationship:https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/67/topics/641355-flipping-partnership-going-to-court-on-debate-of-renovation-costs

We would like to tap into the bigger multifamily accounts and are looking for the best marketing practices to gain those accounts.

There's a lot to this electrical story but I'll try to focus on what I'm here for which is a practical and more immediate solution to a much bigger problem of a building built in 1911.Upon purchase of a 4 unit building I find the first floor, and much of my basement, is dark.

You should look for real estate courses and practice and then get the license at the right age.

@Heshel Mangel, practically, a bank isn't going to originate a loan for the value of a home that only obligates half the value of the home in the event of default.

Unfortunately, I do not have much to suggest practically because I do not know the market well in Staten Island, but good luck with your efforts!

That is a extremely poor business practice that places the tenant in control and the landlord at their beck and call begging for money.

I work full time as a naturopathic physician and for the first 5 years in private practice we rented our office space.

@Sam Besong Wholesaling as you are practicing it is illegal in Massachusetts unless you have a license to sell real estate.Here is Mass General Laws, Title XVI, Chapter 112, Sec. 87pp, describing the activities that require a license:"''Real estate broker'', hereinafter referred to as broker, any person who for another person and for a fee, commission or other valuable consideration, or with the intention or in the expectation or upon the promise of receiving or collecting a fee, commission or other valuable consideration, does any of the following: sells, exchanges, purchases, rents or leases, or negotiates, or offers, attempts or agrees to negotiate the sale, exchange, purchase, rental or leasing of any real estate, or lists or offers, attempts or agrees to list any real estate, or buys or offers to buy, sells or offers to sell or otherwise deals in options on real estate, or advertises or holds himself out as engaged in the business of selling, exchanging, purchasing, renting or leasing real estate, or assists or directs in the procuring of prospects or the negotiation or completion of any agreement or transaction which results or is intended to result in the sale, exchange, purchase, leasing or renting of any real estate."

If you don't want to ruin your credibility in the market that you are planning on investing in, try making calls in a market you know you are not going to invest in for practice.