As I've been shopping lately I don't see a difference in price based on what the neighboring houses look like, but it definitely plays into the value I assign to any given house.A rental surrounded by well kept homes will attract and retain better tenants, therefore having a significant impact on your profitability as a landlord.

You would retain a lien on the property until they paid it off so if the buyer quit paying, you could reposses (and keep the downpayment). 

I have started to comprise a log of videos to use as review, thanks to that suggestion, and I have retained a lot.

The licensed agent is the professional retained to protect the client.

If Buyer(s) fail to perform, Seller(s) exclusive remedy is to retain the earnest money as full-liquidated damages.

IMOMy purchases were from portfolioed lenders with servicing retained so I did not purchase through a servicer, but as I pointed out, even though they are not motivated, it will be difficult justify not acting in the best interest of the holder.

This allows you to have a saving account or better known as a sinking fund on your books, funds set aside for future maintenance expenses.Many also contribute the amount of depreciation claimed for the sinking fund, still retaining the cash on hand.Gradually you will have an emergency fund here that can take care of the small stuff, insurance deductables for an insured loss or an HVAC repair.If you are starting out without reserves, I'd suggest you work for nothing for a few months as part of the deal to get this cushion in place, you could lose out if you had a problem that you can't afford to fix and your tenants move out on you!

Typically, that entails you permitting the tenant to fund those sorts of modifications to the unit, with you retaining control over who is hired to do work and the quality of workmanship and materials.

The post above suggests that the LLC/partnership retain sufficient cash to pay the taxes and then distribute the cash left over to the partner that wants to cash out. 

Maybe you two can talk about the situation outside of the forums.We own our coin-op laundry equipment and retain 100% of the profits.