That way he might end up getting you a great deal on a house that fits the specifications you outlined.

I also often outline the criteria for our purchase in terms of rate of return based on the information they provide and invite them to offer any information that would materially change our numbers.In other words, “sure, I’ll pay your price if you can get me this result” It’s a great intro to a creative financing discussion as well...

or do you know of ways to create similar ones with the same type of outlines (ie by municipality, school district, zip, etc)

The important thing is outlining the key aspects that make a good investor.1.

Interest rates may or may not go up, however in most commercial deals you are not going to get long term fixed rates per my understanding, so I feel the argument framed from that perspective carries minimal weight.I just went the LOC route on single family property myself for the reason I outlined above.

Will most foundation companies offer up the engineers report outlining the scope of work?

Paul- thanks for the the outline i feel that will help me get started Brandon, James,and Jeff- I will get on it and start reading.

And in that case the option agreement would outline all responsibilities.  

Stacy, would you please (generally) outline your hard money terms here?

I love the idea of just writing a quick email outlining the terms you would like to offer, as suggested previously.