To sweeten the deal you can split the profit with them.  

Our tenants have been fantastic (low maintenance and on time automatic payments), which I know has probably sweetened my impression of "buy and hold" a bit.  

They tend to give more away as they are not experienced so for equity investors to (roll the dice) on them they have to sweeten the pot. 

I always try to sweeten the deal by buying right and then adding my own money to the deal so the lender has a great piece of property as collateral.  

@Mike DymskiWe have been using private money and sweetening the deal by permitting the lender a small percentage of ownership as a beneficiary in the trust .

Just to sweeten the deal, we're also making a $5 contribution to the Colorado American Legion for each book you buy, to say "Thank you!"

She's unclear on what her options might be to lower/eliminate her fee or what else she might be able to do to help sweeten our offer.Thanks everyone!

I'm considering taking out a HELOC against our pri residence plus the $60k cash for a total of $160k to hopefully leverage a deal (thinking a cash offer could sweeten a deal to make up for the high property taxes)Idea:Potentially get a better deal for a cash purchase.

At any rate, it's worth mentioning it to the sellers to see if they'll fix it or sweeten the deal.

As a Broker, I will make an excellent partner, as I can list, market and sell the homes for no commission, which in turn will sweeten the profits.