For reference, this is a violation of the Fair Housing Act.You can't discriminate based on sex (among other things)...

SureDeposit reduces its risk by limiting its service to better apartment complexes and better property management companies.

A tax credit reduces the taxes due....after you've run your tax calculation if you owe $1000 and you have a $100 tax credit, the tax bill is reduced to $900.

At the very least, disclosure should be made and acknowledged by the seller that B has reduced the effective purchase price below market value as set by the ultimate purchase price by the C buyer.

However, the reserves do not necessarily have to all be in cash - short term debt instruments or my favorite, a diversified Currency fund to reduce exposure to the dollar.

Further, by filing suit against these two, you may reduce the impact of the suits from your buyer and the agent.

I have 3 prospective tenants for my room rental in a SFR under this slow market (vacant for 4.5 mos): A sex offender when he was 17 but he’s 50 now (he told me about it only after I said I had to run a background check).

But if you have each apartment complex in a separate LLC, then you reduce the likelihood of liability arising from one apartment complex exposing the other one to risk.

Lines are very hard to obtain for real estate investors right now AND they are subject to waxing and waning if the bank wants to increase or reduce risk.

If they are good people, stress free, boring, and take care of the property then I might reduce the rent a little to retain them.