There is a lot of paperwork required to get a 203k loan so make sure your contractor understands that and is on board.

You can invest more than the capital gain realized if you wish, but the interest will be bifurcated solely for 1400Z-2 purposes and only the interest stemming from the qualifying investment will be eligible for the OZ tax benefits.All capital gain: LT cap gains, ST cap gains, 1250 gain, and collectibles gain are eligible for qualified treatment under 1400Z-2.If you are thinking about a QOF investment, I'd advise you to onboard a competent tax professional as an external partner on your team. 

I'm finally confident enough (and finally got my wife on board) to start making moves. 

Love this strategy of negotiating with the agent to get them on board and eager to get your deal accepted over others.

This type of litigation can take years to resolve, depending on whether the non-paying owner has a reason for withholding.When a ship is sinking, it isn't the greatest idea to jump on board. 

Most investors want to keep their ownership in the event of a refinance, so I think it would be difficult to bring investors on board with that type of a deal structure.

The key for me there has deffinitely been a spouse that is on board.

Yes; for commercial deals and getting on board with the lingo.

What they took was the nearly $7,000 profit after all expenses were paid back at closing After claiming there was miraculously $7,000 of expenses that were needing paid back prior to me coming on board that was never once talked about in the nearly 7 months of working on the project...

With your brother, get him to a good tax guy (many are on board here) that can also explain the long term advantages of paying something into social security, that would be more educational than a book he probably will not read.