The biggest pain is keeping track of the lien investments.

it is a huge pain to try and track people down at the end of the year.

Usually they want to see some hardship (medical, forced relocation due to job, loss of job) and "we want a bigger house" probably won't be considered a hardship.

This why HML's now require considerable money down in the deals especially on high risk property like this where all kinds of things can go wrong.This way with you putting a bunch of cash down you the buyer will experience extreme pain walking away before the HML will.The HML lender will do their own appraisal and use a low ltv off of that.

It is a pain to set up (there are tutorials online) but now that it is done it is pretty straight forward.Kelly

There are numerous multifamily new-build and loft conversions in the Midtown area, home to Wayne State University, the medical center complex and the museums, aimed at filling increased demand (low single-digit vacancy rates here as well).Then there are the suburbs where crime, schools and population decline are not issues.

One way is to have a landlord policy with the liability and medical on each individual rental that you own.

When you have little or no equity as the prize, unwrapping Lease Options, getting tenant buyers, staying in between a buyer and seller or doing sub-2s can be alot of trouble and lead to situations that can put you and your seller at even greater disadvantages.Every person that wants or needs to sell a house due to some hardship doesn't mean you jump on it with some strategy, it first has to be a deal worth the pain, if not, move on.

I can afford medical coverage or whatever, but at some point we all retire into the system, at that point you'll get better benefits by staying in, like free drugs.

Real estate has only 2 speeds, and reverse is fast and painful as painful gets!