But we settled on an arrangement that we both were comfortable with: he bought a 2BR, 2BA condo for cash, and I paid him rent that gave him a 4% annual return over PITI—and I agreed to pay all maintenance and repair costs that came up.

I am currently in Alberta for work in the oil patch as an RN and will be returning to Ontario to be with my significant other in the Brantford area once the job dries up.

There is a ton of due diligence you will need to develop a park and it could take two years or longer before you start to see cash flow and returns but for the long-term I think they are a good bet.Texas only allows 7 homes per acre state wide and there are further limitations on well and septic vs. municipal utilities.  

They confirmed they now keep the deposit and return it to the guests if no claim.

We're not talking SF-over-the-last-10-years appreciation, but I'm interested in predictable investment returns, not gambling.

I suspect the above notice was never provided, meaning the tenant may sue you and the well known company as a co-defendant for the return of the deposit, or you may have a third party complaint against the well known company, if the well known company is not named as a defendant in the initial lawsuit. 

Are there any strategies you use to earn a decent (but safe) return on the money you put aside for taxes through the year?

The early termination addendum executed by both parties did not change these terms.Move-Out Process On 9.12.17 you were provided a Move-Out / Key Return communication.

It appears one LLC holds controls/owns the various Land Trusts you have for each property and the other is an LLC setup as a Partnership and it files like an S-Corp with pass-through to you personal return.

They tend to need to be convinced more that you can return their money along with interest.I use hard money lenders on almost all of my property acquisitions because they are able to lend quickly and they put another set of eyes on the property which can be helpful from getting into a bad deal.