The simplest solution is to talk to the contractor.

Then the 2nd phase of the JV had us and the first developer do a further joint venture with Lennar Multifamliy Communities, where we brought the now fully entitled project to Lennar, and they brought the biggest part of the capital (it was close to $100M of total capital) to the table, and where they also provided the construction loan guarantees.So the way to think of it, is take all the necessary ingredients to a project, then divide them up among all parties as needed (just watch that you don't divide the pie too much). - Land- Capital- Experience/track record- Loan guaranteed capacity/financial capacity- City/political relationships- Build capacity/expericence- Offer, i.e. the design of unique mix of any of the above that makes a project competitiveHope that is of help.~ Scott

BesanceneyOne of the simplest ways to finance the acquisition of a business is to work with the seller to negotiate some form of seller financing, which is called a “seller note.”The vast majority of small business sales — 80%, according to industry statistics — include some form of seller financing.

That would be the simplest and cleanest in my opinion since they do not want to take on any of the debt.

@Kade RobertsonWhy not go the simplest route and buy the house from your parents.

I think a key ingredient is being disciplined with time; making myself set aside the appropriate time to write/read posts, ask/answer questions, and overall engage others.

@Mel Park Syndication at the simplest level is just multiple people coming together to do something larger that they couldn't do on their own.

Realizing that, and being able to execute, is the true measure.The simplest defense against 'Analysis paralysis' is market knowledge.   

The simplest way to do this is probably to pull the tax appraisal from the County Appraisal District (CAD) in the county your property is located in. 

I use Thunderbird on desktop, which creates a file on my PC that has my emails in it.As far as privacy, it's simplest to assume that any free-to-you "cloud" service is snooping your data, selling it to anyone with money, and giving it to the feds for free.