@Samuel Carmichael If they are lenders and you want them to fund the down payment, then they are, presumably, going to be a 2nd position mortgage.In that case, 1) they (those private lenders) should be made aware of that, and 2) you'll want to read the 1st mortgage documents very carefully including the loan application documents.Most residential lenders (e.g., FHA) scrutinize the source of down payment funds specifically because they don't want to see a borrowed down payment or second mortgage.

@Samuel YiHonestly, I get on Zillow or Redfin, and just run comps of everything.

Samuel Watts you can definitely do that, but then the home would have to go through the short-sale process and the auction date would have to be postponed if the lender is willing to do that.

@Samuel Awosolu I agree, it will depend on your business model and your target market.

@Samuel Watts Thanks for the tip.

@Samuel Watts the numbers look reasonable but I don't know what kind of financing you're doing.

Hi Samuel Lynch , welcome.

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@Samuel Lynch you can most definitely transfer your Roth IRA to a self directed administrator/custodian.