It's a tough business to survive, owning a gym, unlike private training, which is much easier to do well in.I would recommend: reading topics on the forum that interest you (and don't be afraid to ask questions), read Rich Dad Poor Dad, and listen to the Bigger Pockets podcasts.

 @Jared Tillery Brew City REI is a private real estate investing hobbyist club, not a business like typical real estate meetups.

I have successfully raised private capital for projects, ran successful marketing campaigns, performed extensive market research, analyzed opportunities (rejected more than I can count :-) ), negotiated terms, managed rehabs, managed rentals, completed short sales, flipped properties and a bit more.

Looking forward.I did sent you a private messageRegards!!

That's why you need to either go FHA 203k (which expects the property to need rehab) or some type of private debt/hard money.

Although you can invest in all kinds of things with it; syndications, mutual funds, stocks, crowd funding, private lending for fix and flips or other small investments, etc.....We have 9 units in our Self Directed accounts, some with no loans so the savings add up relatively fast.

If you get private loans up front to purchase the property, you can simply have the bank pay off that private lender and not pull any cash out.

Since it's on private property the city won't do anything, and my neighbor and I would like to find someone who can at least remove the branch, if not the whole tree.

Just looking for some advice about private money lending, buying houses for sale by owner or other ways to get money instead of going through a bank. 

I have continued to invest in a number of real estate private placement deals since March 2020.