Also, I would sweeten the pot for them, advising that rent will be prorated only to their last day of occupancy IF they turn over keys, unit is clean, etc.

The small profit could be a sweetener to help get the lender.

If you find a investment home here that youre interested in, find ways to sweeten the deal for the seller, because you may be competing with multiple cash buyers. 

Sometimes you have to sweeten the deal on your first couple just to get some experience.

You may have to give a little (sweeten the pot for them since they feel they're having to compromise with a seller finance request).

@Matthew Olszak I found out about it when I left a can of sweetened condensed milk in a locker on my boat in Florida.

The ability to wholesale, have access to the MLS, gain commissions on my own deals (or waive them to sweeten the deal), and many other benefits appear to make it a great idea.

Again, we are willing to front the CFK cost to sweeten the deal.Has anyone navigated this scenario, and can you offer any tips?

I am even considering giving them back the option money they paid to sweeten the pot.

Anyway, if it were me, i would like to recoup my money first before splitting anything, pay management fee for the person managing it, just like i would on all regular business and outsource everything -- say if you do the property managing, and it will cost me 5-10% if i hire a property management company, i would pay you that instead of hiring somebody else. if you have done some legwork both time or expenses before the purchase, i would reimburse that too, i might not add anything above it. the key is, assume that you are paying for services that came from somebody else, and consider paying each individual of what they are owed. on the other hand, if i were you, i would offer to only get reimbursed on my expenses, to sweeten the deal and not have the silent partner pay for anything without receipt, that means donating my time. anything between those two would depend on how generous you are or how generous he is.hope this helps.