So at the same purchase price and renos, using a little creative financing allows us to cut out "cash down" by more than half, which almost doubles our ROI!

How will you keep them on task when they have half a dozen other projects they're working on?

It's a long, difficult story, and this isn't even the half of it.  

I may be able to save you half the commission otherwise paid if we can put a deal together .

Not knowing the address, sq ft, actual condition of the house, I'm guessing it's in the $25-$40K range.If I were you, I'd tell my friend I want absolute nothing to do with this property at even half his invested price.OFF TOPIC a bit: Looks like Richmond has a lot of inexpensive fixers. 

Jeremy, i simply don't want the liability of potentially being personally accused of 'id theft' and the likes of 'negligent enablement' thereof in today's highly litigious America where it seems like 50% americans are prescribed some sort of psychiatrics drugs and the other half on recreational ones; and the average civilian being practically a professional 'crisis actor'. frankly, and im not even kidding, 10-20 years ago it used to be that young adults wanted to be rock stars. now its practically like every one wants to be 'lawyer'?

The question was that he wanted his security deposit back and I didn't think it was fair for me to have to give his deposit back when he's leaving a month and a half early. 

If I don't get any serious applicants in the last half of the month (around the 20th) then I drop the price $20 a month.  

There are smart motivated people who made the other half of that decision for reasons of their own.

A Walmart is being built a mile and a half away and many people are starting to sell their property.