@Meng Long @Chace Fraser hit it on the head.Some follow up questions to better help you though...When you say cash flow, what are you looking for?

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Rent increases are a tool, if people are stable and provide benefits (like keeping an eye on the property) then maybe they get a slightly better deal, if I want them out they get the full increases as I am happy if they stay and pay and happy if they leave.I agree with @Corby Goade, do not be the landlord, be a employee of your own management company so you can be the middle person and not get all the stories and push back.

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The only problem I have with this plan is I was hoping to be in my first property by 2019, but doing all this for him would probably push me back until 2020, but all in all, this seems like a good deal.My Question:I am coming to you guys/gals because I am curious of two things:1.

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She has a lender lined up to give her a conventional loan, but she needs 5 months to complete their requirements to qualify.Since she is about to loose all the equity she has put into the property, she has offered me the following terms: I'll pay off her land contract, she'll make monthly payments to me of $1,200, and then in 5 months she'll refinance out and pay me out a lump sum of $160,000, for a profit of $20,000.

Will this push you away or make you stronger? 

They don't need to follow the federal rules.

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