PM me and I can send your an outline of what you will need to include.

Outline where you want to be in five years.

"How do you raise the rent on a 10-year tenant".....the same as you would for any tenant ... you send proper notice as outlined in your state landlord tenant regulations which I am sure you have learned already."

That way he might end up getting you a great deal on a house that fits the specifications you outlined.

This is possible, but you have to present the investment opportunity in a way which outlines how and when you will do this.

@Matt Shields  unfortunately it's not nearly that simple, or if someone did something bad, they would just push all assets into an LLC and walk away.As I outlined previously, if your a pure investor, you will have nothing to do with the management of the property, the rehab etc, and buy and hold the house in an LLC and the note is not guaranteed by you personally, a LLC does exactly what you think it will do.I have $5MM in liability insurance with an umbrella policy, it doesn't cost very much at all, and I don't have to worry about liability as long as I take care of the house and keep up on maintenance etc.If a tenant calls you and says "I smell gas" and you do nothing and the house blows up and someone is hurt or killed,,,your screwed no matter what you have done with insurance, LLCs, series LLC's etc etc.If you had no idea there was a gas leak, and no reason to know it, then your covered by your $5MM in insurance

Hi,There are a lot of resources online.I am in the process of putting together a business plan myself.The real challenge is compiling data and presenting it in a compelling manor.Step one is the outline though.Plenty of outlines are available just searching "real estate business plan"

I use the method @Barbara Leicht outlined for tenants who need to use money orders or cash. 

There is a lot of value to a PRO membership; you can find the benefits at http://www.biggerpockets.com/proI think that perhaps I need to work with Brandon Turner to put together a comprehensive blog post to outline the perks behind the perks.....

As a broker I would guess that you would get a quick outline of their buying criteria and ask if it is ok to call if you come across something in their wheelhouse.