At that point you would use the property to secure their investment and give them a guaranteed rate of return.

We drafted a written agreement AND held back some of their sales proceeds as a guarantee or security deposit (call it what you will).

If you find one that guarantees they can start Friday, get it done by Saturday noon, and charge $5K, then that's a lot better offer than the city is giving you.The demolition companies will also know if it's possible to get some kind of stay or extension of the city order. 

The finder’s fee was expensive but for that they guaranteed the lease and obviously the tenant has worked out well for us.

I was contacted yesterday by a rep from this company who says that their hundreds of real estate websites generate thousands of leads and they collect info from them to make sure they are serious and then send them over to me as a lead - for $99 dollars a month - they guarantee at least 3 leads - this doesn't seem like a whole lot unless these leads are totally vetted - then the averages could make up for it if there were really quality leads - so I was wondering if anyone here has had any experience with this company / service and what your thoughts in general are on it  - honestly it doesn't seem like something I would be interested in - however the online leads I'm getting right now aren't  very high quality - what with them providing fake names , numbers, etc.

Let me know if you want to get together for coffee and a chat about taxes, accounting and other topics that are guaranteed to put you to sleep!

I used to work directly with homeowners in a marketplace that generates fixed, guaranteed incomes for vacation rentals (i.e., property managers would essentially pay self-managing homeowners their net income and take on the expenses and work/financial risk of managing), but it was pretty crazy to see how many homeowners would confuse revenue with how much they're actually making.

That gets you around the ownership considerations for the LLCs, since none of your business entities are owned by a human person.Building credit for a business entity so it can get loans without the personal guarantee now becomes your greatest challenge.

Every signed contract is not necessarily a deal.If it's not, not only is there no shame in walking away, but to do anything else is guaranteed to be a wrong move!

If your going in and the deal would be upside down if it is shot either:- don't do the deal;- have it inspected during the inspection period, which is still not a guarantee or warranty.