it is more complicated than this but that is the concept.

The public library is a place to start, but a Barnes and Noble or Amazon will be your best source of real estate investing books.I'd read "Rich Dad, Poor Dad" first, to get the concept.

At one point I was doing the 300 trans fee years ago and had about 50 agents.Back then every brokerage was thinking about starting the 100% thing.It was a fairly new concept but today it is saturated with companies trying to undercut each other. 285 per trans,275 etc. just to get market share.The problem is not all the agents produce transactions.They want to just hang a license.When they do transact they are rusty and you have to basically almost do the deal for them and make a crappy 300 for your time.Many agents get license suspensions for bad student loans,child support etc.

You could parcel off the extra land if it has some or might want to tear the building down and build something larger.I understand the cash flow concept but there are many more parameters to consider when making an investment.I have some clients that just want it to break even as a tax shelter with little headache and care about nothing else.

: Usually, we would attach the concept of capital appreciation to that of home price appreciation, and model capital returns based on our home price projections.

If you can grasp the concept and look at it from a numbers perspective you will get to the top much quicker.

This is not a new concept, in fact, it ranks very high on most experienced investor's lists of means to build a buyers list.

Eric, sorry I don't have any stories of getting ripped off as a lender.....none....notta, not that some didn't try.Any time someone came in (mostly commercial deals) as if they had just found the best thing since sliced bread and were overly ecited, I get leary quickly, over-selling a deal is just a tip off that I'm not getting the true picture.The concept of dual control of adminstrative functions is a good way to limit issues.

(that is an exaggerated example but you get the point)The other concept here.

You are "released from the contract" for a fee and it's setup using a separate agreement....Ah, as Bill Gulley has stated here before, nothing really new being presented; I have a number of posts here on BP mentioning "conditional release" from a contract - and I will not claim to have invented that concept!