We were planning on using hard money of $800,000 and $200,000 of private money to cover the purchase cost and renovation (I've spoken with the hard money lender who is on board and am speaking with current and potential private investors) then planned on refinancing once we finished.

Hey Wayne,Great to have you on board here with us.

Stuff I initially learned here from guys like JScott, Will Barnard, local mentors, articles, books, and many more here.At the end of the presentation, I told them what I was looking to raise.They looked at each other, smiled, and said "I don't have a problem with that".This morning, I got a phone call from the man I met in the gym 4-5 years ago, of all places, telling me that they're on board and that I can contact my attorney to set up my LLC and draft the paperwork.Needless to say this has been a life changing event.I'm writing this to show everyone, particularly (us) noobies that occurrences like these are possible.

We were running up on the time limit for our earnest deposit to go hard and I didn't get my parents' neighbor on-board until my graduation party and a few beers when I brought up "hey Bob, we got this deal.

Anyone on board?

Most of us are on board with the idea that we should create an LLC to purchase investment properties with.  

I've taken one listings off of it so far and a couple expireds I'm flirting with getting on board. 

Second part of this was if you pursued them did you do renovations to attract this or did they do Reno as needed to be conforming once they came on board?

I wouldn't waste my time (which is what you will be doing) if you don't get both on the same page.Even is the hubby is the only one on the mortgage - she will wield a lot of influnce either way.Spend your time talking to the sellers together and once you have her on board - then you can start with the permission to talk to the bank etc....Trust me on this I have wasted a ton of time dealing with couples where one of them is not on the same page as the other and it normally is a complete waste of everyones time.Time is $$.And if you think that there are no good opportunities in Houstan TX - then you are not looking in the right places - I woudl focus on finding more deals.

We're always glad to have guys with specialty skills on board!