If so, make sure to put them into the account your landlord tenant laws dictate - and if you haven't read them yet, do so now.When your wife goes to the site to collect rent, have a letter with her giving the proper address to send rent, or the web address, or however you have it set up.

Hi all.....I think the right answer here is "Best Practices" the relationship I have with my contractor dictates I look after his bottom line.  

Logic would dictate that talking to Litton should provide the insight needed to move forward or not on this.

Any reputable contractor isn't going to let you dictate how they get paid.

Obviously the areas I'm interested in working will dictate this to an extent...3.

Your goals dictate your plan, and your plan dictates your market...not the other way around.

I used the word 'closing cost' because on the closing documents it's all lumped in together in the final amount needed to close, but you're right - many of those costs are dictated by taxes and closing date, hoa, etc.

In my area we have a ordinance which dictates what can be written in leases and what can be charged. 

The structure of the deal might dictate the price a seller will accept.Take for example a 10 unit building.4 options typically lowest to highest price offered:1.

If you hold for more than 1 year as a rental, then you sold, you would pay short term capital gains taxes at 15%.So your intent and your actions dictate if you will pay ordinary income + self employed, or if you will pay long term, or short term capital gains.