To the extent you can in most cases make more money with 10 year treasury bonds than with a paid off rental house, dollar for dollar, with less risk and headaches.Also, holding houses for decades is a bad idea IMO.

They talked about all forms of investing but mainly focus on the stock, bond, and commodities markets.

You should also be able to verify a license, bond, and workmans comp on the site too, at least in California you can.

Just want something simple, if he wants $500,000 over twenty years, give him zero coupon bonds to mature to his price, borrow about 20% on the value of the building to purchase the bonds, not really a win-win, but if he's leaving for Mars he may not care! 

Considering the market, banks and their bond rating, cooperation, etc...

The income product (bonds) produces current income to live on though and will do so even if external forces cause the bond's value to vacillate.

He also offers corporate trustee service out of Florida but I don’t know if he’s bonded & insured (thus far I believe FL is the only state that doesn’t require it).Coons and his team have do and outstanding job of publicizing their service out of NV that provides corporate trustee service and you can read his great blog posts on land trusts on & off BP.

I see holding a mortgage as much like holding a bond in terms of your asset allocation.

Better yet just invest in stock and bond index funds.

If the property needs extensive rehab, the low ball offer can be justified by submitting an estimate of the rehab along with the offer.If the property has been on the market for a significant amount of time, there is an opportunity to come in with a lowball offer that has a chance of getting accepted.In terms of strengthening your offer, you can try increasing your Earnest Money deposit to let the Seller know you are serious and willing to put up the money to prove it.You could also make your Earnest Money non-refundable after the inspection period.