I wanted to negotiate my monthly payment down to $1800/month (equivalent to a 4.19% rate).

Knock it down and rebuild for something that smallNot only will costs be close to equivalent but you will have a new construction house versus a house which was repaired with a bad foundation.

That's equivalent to having a few properties and having something horrible happen (like the poster who bought the duplex, discovered a drug dealer lived above her, ended up living in her car because she was so afraid to go in, and spent thousands of dollars getting rid of the guy).

You give them $300 or $500 cash, and they give you a credit card with the equivalent credit limit.

And then we should identify which sort of proof qualifies as proof of cash or of a cash equivalent.

Army Signal Corps officer (CIO-equivalent). 

It has been difficult for me to find deals around Portland, but i think it's mostly because I haven't been ready with cash or equivalent.

Would it not be possible to draft an equity purchase clause in the LLC paperwork allowing me to purchase his shares of the LLC over a period of say...5 years where he nets the equivalent of a 10% return at the time his shares are purchased. 

Is there anything in the world of real estate that is equivalent to shorting stocks?

@Christopher NicholasHere’s how I diversify my real estate portfolio to protect against inflation and still yield an excellent returnI have half my assets invested in real property (or equivalent participation’s in syndications) where the property is 50% leveraged.