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They sort it all out, collect money from the buyers and their lender, write checks to everyone who's getting money and get all the right signature on all the right papers.

What sort of risk is there besides wreaking her credit rating?

I've given up on any sort of long term lease.

Let's sort it out and figure out what words and phrases you should use.

Thanks for the replies.Rick B – remember, this is not an offering of any sort but just a "what if" put forth to me by someone else.

Unless your buying in some sort of weird situation, your buying a 2-3-4 unit, or you're planning on changing the use of the property from what it currently is to something else (a single family unit to a duplex, or a duplex into a single family), I see no need to worry about what it's zoning is.

t rent it.I ended up getting a skilled tradesman in each house.one guy is an actual house builder that hit bad times during the recession the other guy works with his father installing and remodeling bathrooms and kitchens.both these guys came signed the lease on the first tenant I allowed him to move in with security plus 200.00the difference was the paint and drywall repair and cabinets stained and house cleaned. that I would have paid someone else to do out of pocket which I didnt have.gettting that money allowed me to take care of a 350 plumbing problem and a furnace issue that came upthe other house the guy moved in for security plus 300 for the first two months less than half the actual rent because he is going to do all the painting and the bathroom remodelsome drywall repair and hang ceiling fans.he is working alongside my contractor and my contractor has now gotten a new partner and he has okayed this guy to do the workall things worked out.and now my two houses have some capable people in them who wont come crying everytime there is a minor problemI know this isnt the ideal way to do business but I sort of started out over extended.

I like that by making a plan, you are able to turn your investing into a much more "now fill in the blank" sort of business, which helps keep you on track.