When prices go up...are they going up in NOMINAL terms or in REAL terms.  

I only started charging people a nominal amount because I found that the crush of tire kickers was too great to really spend any time talking to serious people about this kind of stuff; I figured a guy that wasn't willing to spend $50 of his own money probably wasn't ready to learn anything anyway.

If he wants both a monthly nut, plus part of the profit, then I think you pay a very nominal rate, e.g., 6%, and give a 25-33% at the close.

MERS is nominated at origination or shortly thereafter, usually for loans that will be pooled and securitized.  

I have a question about assignments and earnest money. When I assign a contract to another buyer, my earnest money goes along with the assignment. So, how do I protect myself if the person I assign it to screws up a...

The only way for me to do it is to hire one of my co workers and give them a nominal fee.

Also, I've read about some ground leases having terms where rent is paid up front in a 99 year term (full market value) with the right to purchase the land at a future date for a nominal amount. 

You scrape/tape a sample and send to them and they for a nominal fee will test and tell you exactly what you have.

One strategy to possibly do this would be to put a nominal amount aside, say 10k, and raise your deductible to 10k.

I read a bit on this subject and this is my understanding - could you please opine if this is incorrect.I don't actually have an official mortgage to my parents (i just pay them a nominal $1k fee monthly) and it's essentially an interest free loan.