Even if rents keep pace with headline inflation that doesn't guarantee that rents will keep pace with expenses.

Commercial banks also will want personal guarantees for loans to LLCs and Corporations.

pid=20601087&sid=afMSUt4Ty8KE&refer=worldwide Jan. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Citigroup Inc. sold $12 billion of notes guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. as Chief Executive Officer Vikram Pandit tries to bolster capital and save the bank from insolvency.

Good point, business cards will not show up on your personal credit report, but they do typically require a personal guarantee in which case if you ever had a late/missed payment they would ding your personal credit as well.

My concern is showing a guarantee of funds which the finder does not have unless the offer is accepted.

And you could probably be successful with or without any of these factors, but I would say that these would increase the likelihood of your success (not guarantee it).Typically if you claim to have a set of reasons as to why people are successful you provide an amount of data to prove it is accurate.

Most will not do this as they would not want to risk losing a license over 1 sale.Anything in writing would leave a paper trail too, so how do you guarantee yourself your portion?

Renting the extra bedroom and garage might guarantee that.

Do they at least guarantee some level of residency?

So, Fannie Mae did just that and the govt. guaranteed the loans.