I understand hard money can close quickly but if I had the 25% I would just continue to use my portfolio lender who charges much lower rates. 

Or it could just buy the one and then distribute the remaining cash (and tax bill) to your partner.But initially the LLC is going to have to sell and then buy.

I'd either up the price on their purchase or charge a higher listing fee to cover the costs associated with the program.

It may sound nice to pay a 5% management fee but the extra fees can add up to be more than the other company that charges 10% with no add-on fees.

Tax Question about deductibility of an annuity surrender charge in 2017.If an annuity is cashed in to buy rental real estate and there is a large surrender charge, can that surrender charge be deducted on:(1) Schedule A as a misc itemized deduction for 2017, or(2) Schedule E as an expense to acquire financing to buy rental properties?

And I can charge them an extra $50 for the electric and water usage?

If I were in charge of improving the perception of IB I would start with the pier and the beach.  

I charge $50 per day when I have to use it on a rental and it paid for itself in a couple months.

Opendoor's offer was $229,000 and Opendoor  wanted to charge me 7% on top of that for "processing fees".

There are some little things that you can do like turn it into an AirBnB or corporate housing where you can charge more.