In a new procedure I am instituting with my end buyers (my investors typically buy sight unseen or they compile a thorough DD packet using free resources) I want to now require that they open escrow to cover my $2500 (should they get cold feet and cause me to lose my $2500 as that is the consequence when my offer is accepted through this resource and I don't purchase) as well as my $3,000 fee ($5,500 total ) and within 72 hrs of the cash offer being accepted, open escrow for the property purchase payable to the seller plus 1 percent payable to my LLC. 

The AIA publishes one.

.- I have aboue 10-20k that I could put down, but that would basically exhaust cash reserves- A 50K mortgage would be payable out of the excess earnings from my business with a moderate margin of safety (after paying the rent for the place I live and work out of, see note below). - While I haven't been pre-approved yet, I've been ballparked at 125K as the max loan I could take out. 

@Quang NguyenNaics code has nothing to do with funding, it’s used for the government for the purpose of collecting, analyzing, and publishing statistical data related to the U.S. business economy

Work on other stuff - self publish - patent - Start a business.

Here is a good article that was published in a scientific journal that shows that the earth is NOT warming significantly and in fact have declined since 1998:http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/05/02/a_tale_of_two_thermometers/Having said that, the climate is ALWAYS changing, up and down.

So I thought about accrued interest, either payable upon sale of the home or ongoing.

great discussion...I would suggest that if the tax payable is less then it will be better.

Here is a useful guild published by Simpson Strong-Tie, who basically have a monopoly on construction fasteners and connectors. http://www.strongtie.com/ftp/fliers/F-SEISRETRGD12R.pdfwww.HomeEvo.com

message me so I can let you know when I publish it.