The purpose of thinset mortar is to support tile, not just to bond it tightly to a substrate.EDITED by ModeratorI've laid (and had laid) 10s of thousands of SF of tile and stone over the decades, think I'm ok with the basics, and even the advanced techniques like this....a) clear silicone is a recommended tile adhesive - depending on the situation... see ANSI specs.

It's not like you're buying savings bonds here, things can and will go wrong.  

You can use the WA State Bond program where they will give you enough to cover the down payment and a small amount left over to help with closing costs.

Allow me to put the money I'd pay for the property into gov't bonds paying roughly what the lease payment would cost, and 3. would give them ~$320K in total lease payments including the offset of capital gains, while it would be equivalent to me purchasing it for cash today at $225K.I know there is an income tax liability on the seller's part for the lease payments, but I don't know their situation to judge the impact of that.I've never done a transaction like this before, so please poke holes in it, or if you have a better option, please let me know.

This is where I cut my teeth on building houses and remodeling.

I seriously don't understand something which I'm sure is very simple to everyone else, but in the real estate world, I often see people use the arithmetic annual average as above, but in all other investments, stocks/bonds/finance/banking, I see the geometric average annualized return which for above would be 16.9%, to go from 500k to 800k in 3 years.

It was a great father/daughter bonding time too.

Do the same thing on the bond.

I’m an agent and investor and have bought properties from wholesalers with and without their license not correct  see below from the state of Oregon real estate investigator.the way wholesaling is taught IE selling contracts or advertising properties you do not own and just have in contract is not legal.however buying the properties first then reselling is for sure legal I have been doing it for 4 decades.also in Oregon keep in mind if you doing ANY work on the homes and then selling to the public you need a Developers license , which to get one is simple.. you just need a bond and insurance in the name of the entity that is taking title.. learned this one the hard way with a 5k fine. 

I am licensed, Insured and bonded in NY.