Option to purchase : Do I need to put cash for consideration up front, or can I offer services like marketing and management as the option consideration.

Is this worth consideration? 

Are there tax considerations to be accounted for? 

I like 30 months) It can be renewable with additional consideration (cash or improvements) to get you to your 60 month target.  

Are you in a position to be ok just renting it out, or do you HAVE to have a TB's consideration to make you whole?  

Thank you for your time and consideration in reading my letter.

s, it's a fairly upscale house and yes, in this national market, that is a considerable degree of "speculation" (read: gambling).Unless you know it's a hot up-scale area, I'd opt for something more mainstream which caters to a much larger potential market.

Good point about current mortgage rates :))) how I missed this from my consideration :))) sure this is important.

They will be splitting with you and the brokerage if you are not the principal broker so it can reduce their earnings per deal considerably. 

Among other considerations, I've strongly encouraged my father to keep a significant cash reserve and to apply for a HELOC – to be kept as an emergency line of credit, not used, of course.