Essentially a tenant/buyer would feel obligated to have sec. deposit refunded to them.

Mine's longer term, but essentially I'm willing to work for a lower return in exchange for building up equity.As far as the minimum you will accept, consider your alternative investments.

If that's the case, let me step back and explain how assigning a contract works...When you assign a contract, you essentially take yourself off the contract as the buyer and put your end-buyer on the contract as the buyer.

We essentially, have an in-house negotiating team as well.

This essentially means that you will be replacing your name on the contract as the buyer with the name of your new buyer.

The agent essentially "pitches" your business to their client.

Btw, regardless of whether you use a listing agent, I think it's absolutely essential in today's market that you at least put the property on the MLS (via a flat-fee listing, if necessary) and be willing to pay the buyer's agent their 3%.

I understand that doing due diligence of the company and making sure they have a strong balance sheet is essential.

In Josh's defense, I worked at eBay for a couple years, and believe it or not, this part of feedback system (which they essentially pioneered online) probably added more work and risk for the company than nearly any other feature of the site.

Seems like we would essentially be paying a retail price for these notes.