I realize I could give them a 1st mortgage but Id rather keep things simple and just write up a contract that gets recorded. 

That book changed my life for the better and made me realize that I was a slave to a paycheck.

Hi all,After some research, im having difficulty realizing how my business partner and I will be able to finance our first deal.

That's terrific knowledge to have, I did not realize there were companies specializing in HOA/COA.

If you spray a few on the surface, a few may die, but the colony realizes somethings up, and moves elsewhere, damaging a new spot.

Sure, people can overspend or upgrade too much to realize a return, and we call this superadequacy (a form of functional obsolescence) or as some call it, law of diminishing returns.

I quickly realized that working for the "man" was not going to give me an early or comfortable retirement.  

I didn't realize that PM companies hired people to clean units- thank you!

It sounds like you maybe using a marketing company  which is just repping a rental fix and flipper.what I have come to realize in the rental game.. one turnkey is a moniker.. there are two schools of thought about what @Tom Ott describes above... many of the Aussie companies thought the same thing but the turn key companies were controlling everything and hiding issues since they controlled it all..

I realize that real estate is a powerful vehicle to ride and build investment capital with, among other things.