My friend has offered to help pay my down payment (on loan against the 'shares' of the building I went in with him on) and my lender tells me I have a good amount of wiggle room in how much I can borrow for 203k.Assuming the contractor bid comes in semi-reasonably priced, and there are no giant red flags I'm missing (toured it 4 times, 3 times with professionals, everyone has good things to say: it can't be that bad because it's a shell and there's nothing majorly wrong with 'the bones') should I still be scared?

I suppose hard-money/private-money could work but, since I have no experience in flipping, rehabbing, and the like, I'd want to be as careful as possible when dealing with short-term, high-interest loans.Anyways, sorry again for the giant wall of text.

If a LL asked required income and credit before hand then that is a red flag and I would be avoiding that property like te plague... giant red flag about that landlord... it is perfectly fine though if they list the qualifications and ask if the tenant meets those qualifications.

On a later sale, we learned the VA is a giant pain in the rear.

I am a GIANT fan of Dr.

It takes time, but it is like building a giant snow ball!

I see that most of the farming industry has been dominated by a few select giant agribusiness companies.

So like others have alluded to save the giant goals and dreams for later and buy a duplex or quad or single family to get started.

That way, regardless of who's name is on the loan, all the income runs through my LLC.This is murky... what is it that you are trying to do...not trying to be a dick, but this doesn't make sense.

I agree with @Dick Rosen.