I'm a newbie so I'm currently in the "afraid to take a plunge" stage and have been reworking and recalculating like crazy.

I'll take this as a question rather than a solicitation to sell the contracts as we'd be in the wrong forum, that needs to go to the marketplace, just fyiThere have been some recent issues with contract for deeds, they have a pre arranged quit claim deed to be used in the event of default and have been determined as circumventing state foreclosure laws.If these are unrecorded contracts you are any buyer can have a bear of a time trying to foreclose.

At that stage, the listing agent is nuetral.If you have your own agent, then they have the fiduciary responsibility to represent your best interests and not the best interest of the seller.

Again, if the bank wasn't ok with the arrangement, they would foreclose quicker, or they wouldn't make loans in the first place.

Environmental issues can be expensive so if they don't want them I probably don't either.I can find a sale transaction and take control of a property and pass it on using less than money for a tax lien.Heck, I can get an option on a note, get the loan refinanced, buy the note in a double closing arrangement and get a return on my investment that circles the moon easier than buying a tax lien, waiting and hoping, but that's me.It may be a hot aspect in some other places, it's another way to make money but it never got my engines revving.I'll go listen now, always up for anything new. :)

Raising Capital & Capital Structure - how to find the capital and how to arrange the capital to suit the project needs while not alienating the above ideas if further finance is needed.

What are the mechanics (agreements, arrangements, etc) on how you delivered your capital to the attorney?

You want the arrangement to work and compensation for a job well done is certainly a motivator.

I plan on using this mindset to succeed in real estate investing as well.I now am at that stage in my life where old age is on the horizon and I need to make and bank a decent amount of money.

Any early stage refinance will boost your return.