Things that are working for Indiana investory don't necessarily apply to California and vice versa.  

If your primary you may want to consider pulling a HELOC to get access to your equity vice refinancing.

I think the real deciding factor here is who can find the deal.I'm in the financier, and I find the deal no way am I splitting 1/2 profit with a contractor when I can simply pay you what the work is worth instead.and vice versa: you're the contractor, if you find the deal you wouldn't split the profit 50/50 just for financing when there are hard money options available.

For all intents and purposes IRR is not comparable to ROI and vice versa.  

Keep in mind, for every good deal there are def other buyers so you are more selling yourself to them than vice versa if its a good deal.  

@Chuck Cirulli: I hope you made sure of the following when completing the transaction:(1) Enabling: This is when you (as the disqualified party) and your IRA are joining together, you have to make sure that you are not enabling your IRA to complete the transaction and vice versa that the IRA is not enabling you to complete the transaction (i.e. documenting and maintaining that either one could complete the transaction independently).(2) Simultaneous: This I discussed in my earlier post.Doing percentage interests is not improper, it is same as Tenants in Common, it is maintaining appropriate documentation about the transaction.As I do not know your exact structure there are some post acquisition do's and don'ts too that have to be followed.

Not to answer legal questions, but to determine if we can get along with the client, and vice-versa.

A marketplace can't function if it favors sponsors over investors, or vice versa.

A vice president named Stuart Gans said the only loan Love Funding offered was the FHA 223f loan.

Basically, it's a foreclosure.Either way, the bank needs to meet your price, not vice versa, so get real solid neighborhood comps and establish your max offer.