As they are not married it is simply a roommate issue.

To me, this seems like a win/win-- the client saves money through a service that handles all of their legal needs (including a hopefully imminent closing) for $17/mo, and the agent makes commission from the sale of their client's membership.

The longer the seller has owned it, the more equity and stability he or she should have built up in it.ConclusionWhile rent-to-own arrangements can have many potential pitfalls, they can be a win-win situation between a trustworthy seller and a prudent, financially responsible buyer.

(Very expensive) usually you can mitigate most water penetration issues by simply addressing drainage at the surface.

Simply use a make sense number, like you have listed of 1%.In the model simply make an assumption of sale somewhere in the future.

You should have simply assigned the LO, received your fee, and moved on to the next deal.

For me, its simply a non-starter.

At my level, single MFH deals, they are simply a hard money lender.I've had no luck getting into fundrise.com or any of the other sites.

This is not legal advice, but one alternative is that the loan documents simply give him a limited power of attorney to sign the deed in lieu on your behalf if you default (rather than you signing and him holding deed in trust).

Your established relationship is a good thing, but keep looking, there are lending alternatives to the arrangement you mentioned.This was a pretty good opportunity and if all of your numbers are accurate, it sounds like a real "bread and butter" type of winning deal.