Although I enjoyed doing so, it still wasn't as fulfilling as I would like for it to have been so I stepped away from the industry for several years.

Its a fabulous industry.. met life long friends and investors along the way...

I have been reading BiggerPockets for several years now but recently decided to jump in feet first.I am not a complete novice to Real Estate investing but I have a very long way to go in order to fulfill my dreams of giving my family the long term income and security they deserve.I firmly believe that Real Estate along with a balanced portfolio of retirement accounts is the only way to go.Real Estate has always been a passion of mine, to learn my craft and acquire as many income producing properties as possible.As of recent and what really got me into high gear is that my first baby (girl) was born 8 months ago and I want to provide for her future unlike mine.Now I have this new hunger, direction and priority in life and have decided to commit myself 100%I know this is going to be a long process and am very ambitious and having a newborn is a powerful motivator to learn and create wealth for my wife and baby.A little background on me…I am married and have a 8 month old baby girl.

You don't say who had the 50% investor ratio issue so I'm not sure if that was part of the loan requirement or the HOA allowing a rental.So the easy one loan/insurance: All you need to do is fulfill the OO period of the loan.

I had all I can take of NYS as a life long resident!  

I assume you are talking about something like prosper as opposed to something like kickstarter.prosper has a 35K limit and the money is unsecured.. and that amount may not be fulfilled anyway even if you ask for it.

The basics of it is that I have a lifelong friend who wants to get into REI, but is afraid to do so on his own.

But, when it gets in front of a judge, if the judge sees that the GC breached the contract and wasn't entitled to that 10% until the contract was fulfilled, my guess is that the lien will be removed, and depending on the state, the GC may also be penalized for filing a false lien.

It's all about how your ad fulfills their need. 

No matter what the decree says you can count on the other former spouse not fulfilling their obligations because they are unable too or they want to stick it to you.