Is there anything preventing you from having the buyer put 20% down at closing then after it closes loan them the same amount and put a lien on the property which they pay you interest on?

Amy, That is not the same thing, that's saying that the air conditioning should be turned on to prevent mold which is common or prevelant in the area.

It's an attempt to prevent water infiltration at that lowest edge of step flashing.

1.What is the form that prevent the buyer from going around the wholesaler?

Are the prospective tenant and contractors in cahoots and trying to get the owner to pay for a bunch of unnecessary work?

Although it won't solve the bigger issue of why the house is not energy efficient, it will prevent the sticker shock of a $400 January bill.

I agree with Chris, and a friend of mine loves renting to the military, but, some points to consider:Their military affiliation hasn't prevented their 600 credit score.With 15 years in, it's probably less of a concern, but I'd make sure the enlistment isn't ending before the lease.My friend whines that in order to rent to the military, they have someone inspect and determine what they believe fair rent is, and they negotiate the rent down, and the service member gets a housing allowance based upon their determination of rent.

So, again, set goals, make them as rigid as possible, but understand there will be insurmountable events that prevents you from going the same direction.At 18, you have a lot of time to make mistakes and refine your goals.Good luck!

And they tend to not be the ones who just skip out without paying the last month's rent.So, in the end, you have those with good scores who will keep in good standing without need for threat of lowered scores, and then you have those with not so good scores who have already proven they don't care much about the scores.I do use that threat with all tenants right up front - that I will report to credit bureaus if payments are missed(those who have bad and are fixing it are the ones we want to target primarily here), but as I said, in practice it's not going to prevent the bad ones from doing things the bad way.

I'm want to prevent this scenario with future students.