Once someone has paid, what to them is a good deal of money, and invested a good deal of time, and become emotionally involved with a particular mentor and his program, they’ll fight like hell to defend it.  

we would have paid the 10% deposit and have had zero legal recourse to get the money back.

When I made some changes to the property and put it back on the market about 15 months later for double what I paid, it was under contract in 48 hours.

Cleaner is paid a fixed rate for a specific job, you are paid a % of revenue.

With my LTRs I have been switching to all tenant paid utilities after my first winter where I discovered the majority of my tenants were setting the heat at 78 (which is unreasonable in Northern New Hampshire) and leaving their windows open in -20 degree weather.

Paid him $100.  7.  

The solution is the deferred sales trust, as all debt is paid off at the close of escrow.

Private funding from a relative may provide flexible terms and reduced financial risk, but formal agreements are necessary, and interest paid is deductible for you but taxable for them.Traditional investment property loans offer stability and tax benefits like deductible interest and property taxes but require larger down payments.

Quote from @Dan Ermolovich: Hi,Unfortunately I am dealing with a tenant that has not paid rent since October in one of my Youngstown properties.

One of the criteria is that the filer has paid the property tax on the property for the given time.