If you paid them 8%-10% a year, you would be getting the remainder left over and any retrunb you get without using your own money is an infinant return.With private lenders, you can arrange that the principle and interest be paid in one lump sum at the terms end.

The dollar cost in your case would not likely be significant, but the complexity of dealing with the tax would make such an arrangement less than desirable (not withstanding point 1 above).3) Flipping is considered an active trade or business. 

Once I own the property, I am free to do with it as I wish, including selling it to someone else.3) Why then can I not enter into a different arrangement with the property owner? 

Hi all, I have cash and great credit and income but work overseas and will be quitting/moving to attend school and invest, so shortly won't qualify for loans.

I would like to do flip into rental type deals (like Moni...

Another thing is that a sub-2 deal does not qualify for a sale under a standard listing agreement, sale means finding a willing and able buyer to buy and pass good title at settlement, a sub-2 or an installment arrangement is not a sale until the contract is fulfilled, at the end which could be 2/3/5 years away.

B won't deal with A any longer if A did push it.When you hear about these cases paying off is when a seller terminates a contract and turns around and sells to a buyer who was shown the property by the agent that was cut out or was the procuring cause of the sale.This clause in a listing agreement is there to protect the listing agent and broker in those cases, not as a punishment to get even with a seller who was informed by his sister-in-law that she could do the listing on a co-broke arrangement with one of her buddies who is in the area.

This type of arrangement benefits you personally, but does not benefit your IRA; the purpose any IRA investment should be to benefit the IRA.  

They take calls, post ads, arrange showing times with existing tenants who are leaving (when they gave proper notice, but still reside in the unit), collect applications, answer a ton of questions, do paperwork, hand over the keys.....

The casino host cannot refuse the big player request and have to get a limo immediately and get all the arrangement to take the big gambler to Excalibu_x.  

I've read about a few people that arrange for Skype walk-throughs of the properties and never even visit them in person.How do you get a feel for the neighborhood?