Since working with banks is a no go I’m wondering if anyone has an opinion on how best to structure a deal like this and what equality I should give as I don’t want to be to greedy or short myself.

@Luke Saglimbeni I disagree I was going. to school to become a quant and work for a hedge fund before I got into real estate private equity and all the successful hedge fund managers either use quant strategies or fundamental based strategies, none of them are using technical analysis, the only people using it are the amateur traders and that’s because the brokerages push it hard because it causes them to trade more and generates them more commissions.

Don't be greedy but be fair.  

Instead, be greedy to learn with a syndicate sponsor.

To start out you can't be greedy. 

The problem is the market I advertise in is not scalable or I would borrow every dollar I could get my greedy hands on:>After 17 years, when I add up all the fixes to my new townhome, my ROI averages less than 1% a year.

@Ray Johnson Why were they asking for a haircut is a good question, but mainly because they were getting greedy.

I was laid off from NBC about five years ago and currently work at Trader Joe's.

There MAY be a good deal to be had, but don't get greedy (it will make you stupid) and don't take anyone's word for anything (inexplicably, people lie when money is at stake.

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