Also, there's a statutory period for which to file and retain low property tax basis.

In Florida you would never send a check unless there was no claim against it, and we do not allow this.We have a 95$ to be retained from security deposit clause for cleaning which must be accepted by the tenant or they don't get the lease.

So, I would have to either promise a fee or to retain their services. 

Retaining money (i.e. 50% rule) wouldn't have helped much.  

The lender will expect you to have a certain amount of retainability in service, and we had to get a letter from military personnel showing that we had over a year of obligated service left. 

The sellers (gas company) want to retain the mineral rights and the universal pipeland easement.

-Not desperate, eager as I have been sitting on the sidelines for about 2 years and am looking for something to rehab, rent, and retain for the long term.

I retain only a single multi family building there.I think the large volumes of luxury student housing is misguided.

Thanks, @Kim Meredith Hampton.With corporate housing, is there such a thing as a "retainer" where they sign your condo on a contract, say, for a few years, and no matter if there's a tenant or not, as long as your condo is under contract, then you'll get paid?

That's right, you sell it and still retain interest.