I corresponded with Eric Winstanley a few times about it, and he's up for it as well, but the concern was HOW to set it up.

There are two houses being built in Houston, TX and we funded a portion with the corresponding deed of trust and lean placed on the property.

This is the municipal code that the tenant quoted that allows them to withhold rent:5-12-110(f)(4)“Withhold from the monthly rent an amount that reasonably reflects the reduced value of the premises due to the material noncompliance or failure if the landlord fails to correct the condition within 24 hours after being notified by the tenant; provided, however, that no rent shall be withheld if the failure is due to the inability of the utility provider to provide service”They ended up withholding 2 days of rent and would not reply to the previous owner’s correspondence afterwards.

I want to start doing this but i'm very new to all of it and would like to correspond with people who know how to do it.

The metrics are different due to the financing benefits from being <5 units and corresponding down payment requirements.

It actually corresponded with what my numbers produced, based upon purchase price and projected rent income.

I do see bracing put in place to reinforce the damage (hard to tell just from the pictures, but I see a corresponding to "sister" (aka "scab") for the badly damaged pieces.

I send out requests and correspond via email through the platform.  

I'd like to get all my ducks in a row to be able to take advantage of this, so I'm preparing to set up an LLC (with a corresponding biz bank account) and moved saved cash there. 

Be sure to document all correspondence and monies paid because with that fee the lease ends.