Kevin,Welcome.The phone number implies that you are in or near Woking?

I think you are implying the 1st, but the 2nd one is kind of an interesting discussion point IF they Seller for some reason agreed to this.I would say conflict of interest on the 1st one as1) Agent Listing a home should be working to find the Seller best price for the home and the Seller is entitiled to be represented fairly.

Opinions of value / rents are given as a courtesy and no guarantees are expressed or implied.

If I wanted $400K (like option 1) that would still imply I would need a W2 job with income to support it. 

I assumed that the land trust had to be set up in the same state that the property was located.One WY Series LLC (with our FRT as single-member and I serve as manager) serves as a holding LLC for all propertiesDoes this imply that your Wyoming Series LLC is manager-managed and its corresponding Operating Agreement defines you (i.e. as individual) to be manager?

Sorry, as a previous social worker, mental health worker, and personal trainer, my vocabulary is "client".

As Steve's implies, none of these formulas are static.

At that point you have just created a legal implied agency relationship as far as I'm concerned but until you get a disgrunted buyer your not likely to even get a whisper of this threat.

Downs: 4 bed 2 bath, asking $59k, ARV in today's market about 90k, ARV in a normal market, about $117k Repairs: Interior paint Carpet Appliances Pest control (bugs) Landscape Misc expense As you can see, property values have dropped a bit in the areas that I have targeted; this implies that I may have to lower my price expectations for selling them to retail buyers; which I will; lowering the current ARV range to $90k.

You are a "banker" - make certain you in no way use your fiduciary capacity to "make this deal" happen - You know about the $8K - do not imply nor in any way not disclose the $8K - you can get in very big trouble for that.