Would you, or anyone of your ilk be willing/able/interested in letting me partake in the analysis of a deal? 

The best projects I've seen from my desk are folks who are doing hyper-targeted, well-researched deals that are generally in higher cost of living (there are exceptions) areas. 

The city wants to tear the property and surrounding properties down Zillow said it’s worth 38000The city offer me 13000.I could use some adviceHard to give advice with limited information, but as a general rule, the longer you wait and the further down the line their project is the more valuable your property will be to them.Zillow (and all automatic online) estimates are very unreliable, so don't base on that.

I'm in very similar position, looking to start my RE investing journey around Boston area and facing struggle to cash out on my stock portfolio to try to get a MF, that using BP analysis tools, will be barely break even...even in slightly farther surrounding areas. wishing us both luck though! 

Hey BiggerPockets Fam!My name's Cody, I have been listening to the podcast for years, and I've read all the books. I'm a single father, been raising my two daughters since they were born, and am ready to start buildin...

It's very hard to say if a 50/50 cash flow split is good without seeing the numbers for the project.

The fact that you’re leveraging your background in property management and deal analysis is huge, especially in a city where margins can be tight, but the upside is massive. 

When investors invest their hard-earned money into a project, we expect the highest possible return.

The amount of equity I call pull is less than the cash I have but not significantly less.When doing this analysis it struck me that it may not be worth using a HELOC for the simple fact that the interest rate is ~9%* while the funds in my high yield account are only yielding ~5%*.

We already paid them a pretty sizeable entry fee ($30k) to cover some of their equity and debt in another project.