If you plan to ren tryout property the early you are I would do month to month leases so that if things go bad you can get them out easier with a non renewal of their lease instead of having to evict them.

The resales are non sense as long as you buy %20 Off market value because you have to sell the similar amount with your neighbors.I can only sell what I'd buy , I have to believe it to sell it so in this case I only believe in Single Family houses in Miami which is average of %8 Cash on Cash Return + Huge appreciationmy investors are Cash investors and their goal is Buy and Hold = Buy -Renovate - Rent  and sell in 2-5 years for appreciation and repeat the process.Me as an agent , I will need to find the deals + Put my team together for Renovation and legal stuff + Rent out and Sell at the end of process and Find another one to buy etc.I don't want to be like a regular agent, I want my buyers to make top money so they can invest more and refer me more.

Any particular line of reasoning in such a request?

I can't imagine wholesalers here are putting up non-refundable money to get purchase agreements. 

The prices here in McAllen in particular are getting higher and higher by the month. 

Hi Leo,Those on your list are all renovation components that are very difficult for non-professional contractors/engineers to inspect and estimate. 

Usually go with non refundable down payment,  some type of monthly credit towards their purchase (only if negotiated ), buyer responsible for all repairs ( assuming home is in good condition when they are buying it) and if they are not able to execute at the end of the lease term offer an extension period with possibly a little more down payment. 

@James Jones yeah it is super tough out here because each non owner occupant typically will get 2-3 mailers per property per month. 

Very stable customer base but its in female genre I don't particularly enjoy.

You have to find lenders (and there are plenty of them in Arizona to choose from) that offer non-recourse loans where the solo 401k account is listed as the buyer (not you as an individual).