Goes for the gurus, authors and mentors too.The CFPB has a hotline (for lenders) to have questions answered, you might get through to speak to them and get something from the horse's mouth.Before you get involved in any financing transaction of any kind, see your attorney (one familiar with financing issues, not just RE).Passing off "Rent-to-Own" deals is really the target of regulators as far as RE investors goes, more consumers get screwed in these "scams" than any other that I know of.

I have no authority here whatsoever, but my guess is that you'll get more responses if you actually put the information in your post, rather than requiring people to click away to a google doc.

A while back I overheard an interview with Pulitzer prize author Jane Smiley talking about her book Horse Heaven.

Quick question, as a landlord renting an apartment to an unmarried couple (man/woman), am I legally responsible to notify any authority (police/social services, etc..) if my female tenant informs me that she is leaving the apartment because she fears for her safety (domestic violence) from her boyfriend???

With Holiday festivities upon us I would like to share a personal experience with you about drinking and driving.As you may know some of us have been known to have brushes with the authorities from time to time on the way home after a "social event" with friends.

(Excepting of course all reasonable and pre-disclosed/pre-authorized direct fees...)Thanks!

If you demonstrate you have set-up your own trust account, or are making monthly payments directly to the tax authority, they will back off.

Several of the other suggestions make assumptions that may be inaccurate.In order to have a valid contract, you'll need a principal--someone who has the capacity, powers and authority to sign.

In search of my first multi family I came across a two unit (2 beds 1 bath per)Current List price: $185000 Current rents upstairs apartment number one is $650 **Rent comes from an agency not the tenant Apartment number two is currently $1145 **The Housing Authority pays the rent for apartment two ($829.00) with the exception of $316.00.Those rents have not been raised in the last 10 years according to listing agentTaxes $4430.21Sewer $140.00/per quarterInsurance $1200.00.

If it is capped then yeah you should have just considered it a $160K bid and could have been dumbfounded if the actual charge was between $150K and $160K.I work more like What J was saying of try to get them a little under to start and then if a few things come up you authorize the changes and pay them for legit stuff.