If applicant is aporoved, The holding deposit shall be credited toward the security deposit and applicant(s) must make arrangements within 48 hours to sign the lease agreement and any other documents.If applicant(s) are approved and fail to promptly enter a lease agreement for the property, the holding deposit will be retained by owner and considered forfeit.

The arrangement for this first deal was that my wife and I find the deal, make the offer, arrange and manage contractors, find and manage tenants, and manage maintenance.

I'm trying to find out more details but I think they're saying something like:That I could buy the property say:1. 33% owned by me personally (or by an LLC I own) with me arranging $100,000 for example can I get my parents to give me a non-recourse loan for $100,000?

Thanks Rob, that's a good start.What kind of arrangements are made between owners/managers?

We would pay the crew and materials and our business arrangement was 50/50. 

I think your father is referring to a "subject to" arrangement.

That means me communicating with the tenant to arrange a time to do while they're home.

Although you could do what is called a Tenant-In-Common (TIC) arrangement where an investor has 1031 exchange funds and wants to parlay that money into a syndication.

If it's a month or two, just arrange for the contracted close date to come in at a year and a day and pocket the extra 2.5K.The real savings would be to stick around the house for another year - if you live in the property 2 of the last 5 years, you can avoid paying all taxes on the profit of the sale up to 500K for a married couple, 250K for a single person.Anyone else care to chime in, correct, etc?

He'll arrange necessary inspections etc.