Another bonus is the fact that there are several more Lowes in my area.

If you're willing to alienate your listing agent and the selling agents who show your properties over a couple hundred dollars (and you will piss off agents by doing this), then you're not thinking long-term in your business.We go the opposite direction -- giving bonuses to our selling agents -- and it keeps them calling us and asking us what we have to sell.

I will entertain in the future for a deal I cannot pass up, using one of my 0% balance transfer's on my credit card knowing that my year end bonus from my employer will pay it back instantly come year end.

Hopefully they will appreciate some and that would be even a bigger bonus!

Also, banks LOVE dentists and doctors, and a dentist that is also a minority is probably a bonus.

The second thing I want to tell you is I'm going to give you a bonus, (he takes out his checkbook, and writes this check out) "and I don't want you to look at it until you sit down to car and drive away, deal?"

It rents much like a single family home (less hassle and less hands on) but I get the the bonus of having two sides to rent.

And if it goes up, bonus, and I can sell whenever I want and put waaay more in my pocket.

I do a lot of sub-to deals, and find the hardest thing is getting the tenant/buyers to a point that they can "cash out" so you can get your "big payday" at the end of the deal.This market has a lot of good sub-to houses available, and due to the lack of easy funding, plenty of buyers, but the downside is that most tenant/buyers never get their "poop" together and buy.My suggestion, is look at sub-to deals like a long-term buy and hold, enjoy the option fees, and if someone cashes you out, consider it a bonus.

I'm thinking along the lines of a trial period where after a certain period of time I'd offer some kind of quarterly bonuses based on lack of turnover/rents paid on time ect ect.