I personally am not a fan of extra risk with out huge reward.

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I wouldn't say this is traditional, so evaluating the risk/reward is a bit more complicated for me so this is the reason I'm reaching out.First, some background on our current situation.

Residential assisted living can be very lucrative and rewarding but you really do need to know what you are doing before you begin.  

Their investment in you coming out good, has a feel-good factor as their reward.  

Well this deal just keep getting bigger and more complicated but the future reward kept getting bigger too.

Some good advice here - especially the advice to be wary of sales pitches from folks ;)Another piece of advice that has been useful to me from this thread is to clarify what we are interested / not interested in - In general I would like low to medium hassle and medium rewards.

.), I find it very rewarding as in investor since I have direct access to MLS and can view the properties without having to make an appointment with my realtor like I used to before.

Can be very rewarding to a strong pre purchase diligence.

I think you will gain more in the end by having two distinct bids that are not lined up word for word thus rewarding your investment with two sets of eyes.