It may be a minimum percent (calculated and payable in a variety of ways) and you mentioned, a lien on the property, or even some of the equity/upside potential.

If you have a general question, this is a wonderful website to turn to receive a variety of opinions or insights.  

That topic has been discussed here in numerous posts, with a wide variety of opinions on the best way to do it.

We don't bite and you'll get to meet some pretty interesting people that handle property in a variety of ways!

You will see a variety of things available to you here as well.

If you are out of market there are a variety of ways to manage but especially if you are going to live in the market where you buy I would recommend a few months minimum of self management and learning how to do it from valuable resources like this and others. 

So although things like school ratings, crime rates, sex offender registry’s, etc would often time impact where someone will buy/rent property, sometimes people will overlook those things bc of other factors they consider more important (generally location).I pull sold data through a variety of software to analyze accurate ARV or for estimating appraisals. my method for determining rent comps is pretty basic.

., eviction history) through our local online local law Marshal's office (they are the ones who handle "tack and mail" notices for a variety of civil actions).Our applications state (and the applicant must sign) that what they have provided is truthful. 

But you’ll find a variety of every type of investor on the site, and everyone is amazingly helpful.

But you’ll find a variety of all strategies here on the website.