On the contracting work I’d want a Stipulated Sum GMP (Guaranteed Max Price)

You can also stipulate conditions for when the assets of the trust is distributed such as age, working or attending college, drug free, whatever.Family or AB or ABC trusts  are easy taxwise, you put it on your personal income tax same as it was yours, because it is. 

I've never heard of that and the seller's agent would be a bad agent if there was a stipulation put into the contract that allowed that.

The stipulation was: "This simulates a person depositing their Monthly Income into the line of credit at the beginning of the month, paying Monthly Non-PI Expenses via a credit card, then using the line of credit to pay off the credit card AND the Monthly Loan Payment at the end of the month." 

I know CA has stipulations on what rent moratoriums - that can make things sticky if with bad tenants.What would be 3 things to keep in mind as I pursue this venture?

Additionally, I wouldn’t even qualify for 25% down on any 4plex so this was my only option.We agreed to the deal with the stipulations listed above. 

Account ClosedDepends on interest rates and other stipulations.

This they are a renterThe other is a purchase option agreementIn the purchase option agreement you can put stipulations and termsThe reason to do them separate is if they are on agreement in some states they will view the contract as the renter having an equity interest potentially in the property - especially if any of the payments adjust the amount they pay for the propertyIn these instances the if it quacks like a duck situation will deem it a mortgage and then you would have to foreclose on them.

@Chris B.If the terms of the lease stipulate they need toProvide the deposit in order to validate the lease then that’s the answerWhat do your leases say?

I’m working on a mortgage for a primary home and these stipulations seems very strange…am I being paranoid?