It reminded me of Phil Town's "The Wolf" fairy tale, where a rich man - perhaps also member of the Illuminati - gives him the secret to become wealthy.

I've done the asking friends and family, tried finding investors - I run a small business selling and installing home theater equipment, so I've met a lot of wealthy people - but still can't even come up with enough to just front the money myself to get this going.

I've always read about and studied people I aspire to be (successful business owners, entrepreneurs, wealthy people who came from nothing, ect.) and read financial books in my free time.

My first though was snow birds, this would property would make a nice winter getaway for a wealthy northerner but where would I find that person? 

But as a young 18 year old I don't want to be rich but wealthy and to have financial freedom.

This site is wealthy with great ideas, tips/lesson from successful real estate investors.

I want to fix up my house, but I also want to become wealthy.  

That first deal will not make you wealthy overnight.

Accountants, Insurance agents, financial planners, stock brokers, tax people, Trust administrators, loan officers at banks (banks won't buy a seller financed note) bankruptcy attorneys, any government office that administers public benefit programs: Division of family services, welfare office, medicare, don't think that a note holder is always wealthy, they inherit a note and can't live off a $300 payment, the note is an asset and disqualifies  people from receiving benefits.When I said "they called me" it wasn't just note holders, many times it was the people trying to work with the note holder, they had a problem to solve to assist their client.I was the only Note Appraiser in the state, I believe, the state sent me notes to appraise!

Now, if you are independently wealthy, and can afford delays and lawsuits and you like drama, "carry on" in the fashion you have described. ;-)And, No, a bank wouldn't touch it in the way you've described.Yes, it can be done.