Land Contracts and Contracts for Deed aren’t considered mortgages so they lack tax incentives as well as legal protections for buyers and sellers, but yes I do agree that a long term contract beats a monthly rental agreement in terms of locking in a rate.
Sometimes you can get trapped in a contract that would disqualify all your payments up to that point if it doesn’t have terms about cashing in your equity unless you pay the full amount due via selling to a third party or getting a bank loan with which you can repay via renting or selling your property like some sort of sick landlord carousel.
I definitely don’t know if I would “recommend” this route for people who aren’t well-learned in matters of real estate, if they do go this route then I absolutely insist they have a trustworthy attorney act as intermediary for the transaction.
Land Contracts and Contracts for Deed aren’t considered mortgages so they lack tax incentives as well as legal protections for buyers and sellers, but yes I do agree that a long term contract beats a monthly rental agreement in terms of locking in a rate.
Sometimes you can get trapped in a contract that would disqualify all your payments up to that point if it doesn’t have terms about cashing in your equity unless you pay the full amount due via selling to a third party or getting a bank loan with which you can repay via renting or selling your property like some sort of sick landlord carousel.
I definitely don’t know if I would “recommend” this route for people who aren’t well-learned in matters of real estate, if they do go this route then I absolutely insist they have a trustworthy attorney act as intermediary for the transaction.
Thank you for expanding this discussion.