The tradeoff is that the initial death benefit is minimized as well as some other powerful benefits such as the disability rider.-- If you go with straight life insurance, you will get a higher initial death benefit and the disability rider is much stronger.

If we develop a relationship through any of those angles then feel free to make your pitch if it is relevant. 

But, you will seriously minimize if not eliminate your own housing expense, so you'd be staying there for much cheaper than it would cost to rent an apartment.  

I've had buyers change my contract with their lawyers but the changes were minimal and they were first time buyers from me.

I'm still reading, trying to learn as much as I can to minimize any mistakes I might make during my first few deals.Let me know if I'm on the right track.I have about $50K available to invest right now.

Penalty for buyer delay here, according to her, has been minimal until recently.

I have time to dedicate to the the work and am reasonably handy and able to learn but have minimal experience with home repairs outside of basic things.

I pitched the deal to a local HML so I had POF to submit a cash offer.  

Originally posted by @Jacob Pischer:I agree if they could make the calculators mobile friendly I would be happy to pay for the app it self as long as it still connects to my BP account so I can see it later at a computer :) Brandon Turner is always plugging his book, God bless him, but this Bigger Pockets Buy and Hold Calculator for Android requires no pitch, I'm ready to preorder right now!

You can take steps to minimize the chances you'll lose any money, but anyone who claims they have never lost a dollar in REI is either lying or has little or nothing invested.