Beyond the laws consideration, proper structure of the business will help to shelter as much profit from the taxman as possible and to provide the most protection for all parties.There are many options to consider other than monetary.

Funny, saw a quote by Greenspan that said it had no intrinsic value and a monetary system not "backed by a govt" could never be successful.

At least there is less monetary investment.

If you are going to be doing lease options exclusively, or predominately as an investor,and he cannot see some monetary return he will probably not want you.

From my understanding anything can be used but some form monetary value is the norm.

This is specifically called "Ransomware," and is when an attacker holds the use of your computer ransom until a monetary sum is paid.

That idea, takes you out of the project, you removed your capital contribution, you no longer have a monetary interest.

Next working with people who may have the monetary capacity to save money and buy, but can't due to some credit issue, like a past business and personal bankruptcy can be just the type of person that gets and can afford an attorney 3 or 4 years later claiming foul.

Don't know the complete situation or the length of your leases (which will dictate when you can do this), but you should place a monetary cap on utilities, apportioning the excess among the tenants.

During a consultation with my attorney once, I wanted to get to the bottom of why a monetary amount of consideration is considered a requirement to make a contract 'valid'.He told me that, that's just the way it is.