If you want to sell life insurance at least there are companies willing to float you a salary until you build some business. 

If I was to put $5,000 on each of those contracts that would be $50,000 of cash just floating around in escrow instead of being used to BUY HOUSES which is what I do."

Yeah- there's nothing so irritating in the creative RE world as all the invented terms floating around. 

Get a paddle board, floats, etc. 

Some banks prefer a floating rate as opposed to a balloon.

My landlord is having an open house next weekend and I think I will float the idea to him then.

So you mean to say your fellow contractors , work for builders with no margin , for cheap and then also float the money for 90 days .

While there was a mortgage, the MFU 6-plex floated on w/o red ink as the break-even point was two concurrent V. 

The case for the positive aspects of sub prime residential loans will have to be greater than the case of the many consumers who lost their credit, life savings and homes because of an inability to afford high interest, large fees, floating rates, and short term payoffs.

Meanwhile the rents and inflation have continued to increase, giving them astronomical ROI (triple digits).When the rents are frozen, or unable to float to meet demand, its a barrier to entry for new investors.