He wants a guaranteed return.

Guaranteed portion of their rent paid.  

I believe the OP is asking if there are Turnkey COMPANIES there that sell in this price range and offer (albeit short-term) guarantees for those rents?

., if you are assured about the future health of your portfolio (including all your 100% owned properties), then why would you be scared to personally guarantee being able to pay back a first mortgage for your next property?

I can pretty much guarantee that the IA properties will be better than the IL properties as far as return goes due to higher taxes in IL and less desirable living areas.

Each of my properties is under its own llc. you do make a good point about even distributions, but you can have one yearly distribution, or loss. llc's income/ loss are reported on personal tax returns. you can write a check whenever you need the money, if it is available. this is from Entrepreneur Members are compensated using either distributions of profit or guaranteed payments.

For instance, I am looking at one property, and the county shows the following mortgage documents:1998 for $94k (30 year loan)2001 for $126k (30 year loan)2003 for $128k (30 year loan)2003 for $25k ("Revolving Credit Mortgage" - 20 years) 2011 for $140k (30 year loan)Here is a link to the county web page with this property's mortgages: http://tinyurl.com/qhdpmp5So, I am wondering if each new 30-year mortgage was a refinance of the previous mortgage.

I told him if I could find properties with guaranteed 35% returns that I would just buy them for myself, and I would also retire right now.

Blinds.com has a good selection of blinds, solid guarantees, and great customer service.Tile can be slippery.Renters can hurt themselves on almost anything.  

Is there a guarantee to success?