Hi BiggerPockets Community,
My name is Yael Doron, and my husband, Ido, and I are real estate investors based in Israel. We’re looking to invest in the Phoenix, Arizona area or nearby regions. We have around $150,000...

We believe it’s not the buyer’s fault if title issues arise, and it wouldn’t be right to keep the earnest money in those situations.

My terms are identical to yours as far as the 1-year lease with 3 options to renew (for them), 3% yearly rent increase, etc.

Even though you’re not fond of DSCR loans, it might serve as a bridge to free up your line of credit for quicker flip-and-reno opportunities.I remember years ago, a close friend of mine was in a nearly identical situation.. from what I read in Forbes, he ended up with zero wiggle room each month.

I haven’t used them yet but Universal Settlement Services is an investor friendly title company in the state college/altoona area.

While the owner is free to sell the property and the information about how they run it as a business, AirBnB does not allow them to sell their online identity for the platform.

As an investor - if I was putting $125k down I would want title in my name and a clear title policy - so that is where I would have the issue. 

I also looked through the monthly letters that he's sending with the updates and they are basically the same (March & Feb are identical).

Hopefully your lawyer also mentioned insurance- title and hazard.A quitclaim deed transfer can hurt your title chain and title insurance. 

Any help is greatly appreciated.Is the property titled in your client's name or in an LLC?