But if it doesn't work out as you hope, then you take some lost. 

This provides extra peace of mind in case your upleg does not work out or the seller or lender will not deal.4) Truly retire for real estate ownership.

.- KarlHi Karl, see if you can work out a temporary payment plan or partial rent arrangement.

Okay pal, go with them I am sure it will work out the same (sarcasm) (hangs up phone).Like anything in life, you get what you pay for. 

for a few reasons, they don't need to buy materials to demo, other than the few $100 to rent a dumpster (or better, if they have a dump truck), you get some work out of them, and if they do a ****** job, pay them for the demo and hire someone else.  

If your investment dream does not workout, your risk is lower due to the size and cost of your investment.

How much of this do you feel you need to supervise, and how much can you say "be respectful" and have them work out? 

Hmm, thanks again, I'll recheck some Japanese properties and see whether something there looks like it might work out ok. 

They can work out that payment situation..... who is paying what/when/how... not my problem The deposit is on the property, not the individual.... its stays with the property- if the "move out person" wants their portion now, they can get it from the "stay person" and the "stay" will get the full amount at move out.

Even though ALOT and I mean ALOT of people on bigger pockets or friends and family have told me airnbnb arbitrage wouldn't work out I have been pretty successful even though I was pretty much self learnt without any form of joining a course or anything like that.