One question....would you advocate learning an attorney's job or just having an attorney on payroll?

Most tenants aren't sophisticated enough to go to court and battle anything out.

Direct mail, whether a simple postcard or a sophisticated lumpy mail piece in a FedEx envelope, is still media.

When it comes to getting tenants, the best sources aren't for free.The Nigerian scammers have gotten a bit more sophisticated and first want your email and will then work towards your address to mail a check to..that you are then supposed to deposit, take your cut to cover rent & deposit and wire the rest to a different account...sometimes to cover the cost of shipping their car to your rental - supposedly.

To do my payroll with Quicken I had to pay $99 every year for tax tables that were uploaded to the computer.

So, yes, I'd want to understand what their real issue is and then work to address it.My main concern here, though, is that any seller sophisticated enough to make this request is probably an investor, rather than a "civilian."

The workmans comp overhead, the payroll taxes, etc, make things more complicated and expensive.That said, he's an awesome employee and worth all the hassle.

That for me is the hardest part to run the numbers.Most of the infill builders have their own crew on payroll, but even then they are complaning about costs creeping up.

I have been in volved with many many of these but the redemption rights were far more than the property was worth so no one in their right mind would redeem.. also not sure if its like our area but if they did redeem all other junior's re attached.. anything that was wiped out in the foreclosure sale comes back.Reality is this never happens in that market at those price points the folks that lost the house are long gone.. not nearly sophisticated enough don't have the money etc etc.that's my take on it.. if you can buy a bond that protects you and the seller pays for it.. just check out exactly what the bond covers .

"I over-sophisticated the ownership of a little house.