I'm a Seattleite, and while I have a few RE transactions under my belt, I've only recently changed my mind-set to that of an investor.

Transaction costs are killer!

Some traditional sources of funding include; business loans, loans from friends, mortgages or secured transactions on assets you already own, saving up money from your own income, starting a non-profit and getting grants from the government, etc.

Personally, I'd just charge him rent as per normal, then have him invoice for the work that he does, and keep all transactions clean and clear. 

Push the money into federal municipalities, state municipalities, and paying off your most profitable property in my opinion.Federal and state municipality funds are tax free investments, and mine perform in the 8-9% range, which means tax effective 11-12% range, equal to that of a decent cap return for real estate, plus they usually pay monthly.on top of that, the last thing the states and feds wont pay is their water, power, and sewage bills, hence why its a good steady flow of income.Also, it gives you three sources of solid residual income.

My issue is how to return the entire seller financing transaction to a less regulated process between buyer and seller, similar to what's lawful when seller financing to investor buyers.  

That said, any agent who has experience working with short sales foreclosures - transactions which involve working directly with the bank - can probably help you if there is a specific property you want to make an offer on.I'll shoot you a PM.

However if the tenant doesn't exercise this option the higher rent rate will still go into effect on a month-to-month tenancy.Your rent increase cannot be "unconscionable" (unreasonable) and you have the burden of proving that the rent increase is fair.And if you are interested in just how a judge is supposed to determine whether your rent increase was indeed fair:In Fromet Properties Inc. v.

But when higher dollar transactions are involved, there are various methods of the value analysis.

It used to be an incredibly effective way of raising your score.