But a right to cut structured as a deed in perpetuity or a 30 year land lease. 

Higher-income residents then leave the area, perpetuating a cycle of declining city income, services, and increased crime.

. $3MM  buys you 10% ownership perpetually. 

My question is, as a silent partner is it reasonable to expect a perpetual return as part of my involvement in the startup/beginning phase? 

But if you can get an investor to put up 100% of the money and give you half the profits into perpetuity for finding the property and getting it rented, more power to you.  

It is a perpetual cycle.

Escrow manages the movement of cash to all parties involved.Agents don't ever take your money, and if they do, then it's a scam.I recommend you do some more reading on the entire process of purchasing a home or speak with a lender about getting preapproved. 

New construction is not the way to make money at this point but who knows what the future holds as there is a massive movement going on coming from LA/SF and NYC.

But you will get steady payments in perpetuity.

[goes on to describe all the reasons that the Zillow number is the end-all-be-all bible of home values even though the VERY FIRST thing they said was that it can't be relied upon]For all of us here, the best move to protect the equity of homeowners, especially since many here are homeowners multiple times over, is to completely and perpetually boycott all the faux MLS websites.