With Kennedy King College buying land and expanding as well as BNSF Railroad, a 50 million dollar infusion from state and city funds, along with anchor stores Whole Foods, Starbucks, and Chipotle, Al and Heidi were able to secure a buyer at full list price 215k even before they had completed the rehab!

Otherwise, call up one of a dozen hard money lenders, Anchor Loans is a good example (I am not affiliated with them in any way shape or form) and borrow money from them at 8-10%.

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I'm interested in potentially selling my duplex in Bethel, CT and was curious on deal/financing alternatives.The property would be great for a house hacker, as there is a solid anchor tenant in place in one of the units.

My lending led to partnerships which led to other industries, but finance and RE was the anchor.

It turns out that the anchor tenant estoppel had a notice of a pending rent issue.  

You don't need degrees in accounting, finance, real estate or economics to understand the principles that RE business is anchored in, just the willingness to understand the concepts, adapt and adopt those principles to make more money which also includes saving money that can be wasted.

I'd think that the tree would need thick roots the opposite direction from its lean in order to anchor and support itself. 

. : )The land is the harder part and getting anchors signed and financing in place to take down the parcels.

You are then, basically a "hard money lender".The term, private lending, is anchored in SEC regulations as exceptions to SEC requirements, also in commercial and mortgage brokerage requirements, lending to someone you have a past or current business relationship with, someone known to you where your relationship did not arise from your solicitations for a borrower.A real estate attorney, specializes in real estate and they may well know how to pull a boiler plate note and deed of trust, they may know how to exchange cash through an escrow account, have a borrower sign and file the note and deed of trust to secure your funds.