So what's your end game here?

They can provide personalized advice and guidance tailored to your specific situation.

I clean all shared areas of the home, cook occasional meals for guests, lawncare, maintenance, and shop for them (consistently provide milk, bread, basics etc)?

Remember that living in a growing city and providing affordable housing will attract potential renters.

If possible, I may have the service provider sign-it as a "just in case".By the way, it was my CPA that provided both ideas to me :)

Selling @ $500kLender providing $490kCan the remaining $10k be carried by seller?

The initial investment is providing a loan, there is no tax write off.Similiarly, there is no income recorded when you receive the loan proceeds back.The only time there may be a potential write-off of the original loan amount is if the borrower is not able to pay it back.

So I require skin in the game (average is 5% to 15%) to offset this.

Are there any recommendations out there for which platform or skip trace provider has the best data?

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