That meet up is owned and operated by one person that uses this particular group as a means of excessive self-promotion.

To hedge my risk, I'd like to sign the lease and collect more security but I'm already holding her security deposits from the current lease in place and don't want to ask for excessive deposits.. if I ask for another $1600 deposit I'll be holding almost $4500 of her money until March.

There should be some cash flow in excess of repairs and capital expenses.Is your primary goal to have investment properties or to own your primary residence?  

The government is simply responding to the excessive amount of fraud and deceit that has arisen in the market in the last ten years.

What is typical is that the seller will collect money for insurance and taxes from the buyer and then pay those expenses himself.Loan servicing companies to protect the buyer are used to inexpensively take money directly from the buyer and pay the P ITI payment in any excess is given to the seller.You may want to record as a buyer installment Lane contract as a memorandum to protect your interest.I like to think installment land contract is very similar to a wraparound mortgage with an existing loan.You may want to use open escrow instead of recording the installment land contract.

If there is no junior lender those funds should go to the poor person who lost the house. .many times folks don't know they get excess proceeds and it totally changes their lives.. were they just went through this tramatic experience of losing their home only to have it bid up and they get an excess proceed check for 10 to 50k or whatever the amount the property bid up past the opening credit bid.. so your taking food out of those folks childrens mouths when you engage in that behavior..  

We do have at least one wholesaler in the group and others would consider it if they had excess deals.Keep learning, setting goals, and never give up.

The most critical aspect of any investment is risk and here the investor is carrying 100% of itThe fee structure of the best private equity firms in the world typically is 2% annual management fee on capital and 20% waterfall carry on profits in excess of a threshold agreed with investors.

You would get insurance for the property itself and then you can obtain an umbrella policy for excess coverage depending on your assets.  

The tenant is continuously putting excess food and grease down the drain in the kitchen sink.