Here are two examples where knowledgeable and experienced friends made mistakes:A well established park owner bought a park and paid for it without separating the good will and equiptment from the actual land in the purchase because the contract was vague in that area.

I want to help him with the down with an established no interest (except for the cost of extracting equity from a property) repayment schedule.Just looking into this, haven't spoke to an attorney or accountant yet.

I'm reading through Brandons book about investing with little or no money down, but in the Private Money section all the advice is geared towards someone who is already established when pitching to potential private funding investors.

(L.T.V is slightly lower for foreign nationals) Unless the buyer has some sort of foot print already established in the USA.Being non US citizen doesn't preclude anyone from getting capital, although banks may enforce more stringent eligibility requirements.

If you're thinking of buy and hold its ok to go it alone and pay an advisor to help you.  

@Rich Lopes Hey Rich- I'm exploring establishing a loan with a personal lender that attaches a lienagainst my property in exchange for a decent interest rate 6-7%.  

If you are looking to network in your local REI community and establish some good pro contacts, you should reach out to my realtor in Phoenix, Jeff Taylor, West USA.

This is why investors need to establish relationships with several lenders/banks. 

I understood and offered some various solutions but to no luck.So I thought, maybe I could instead simply be their investment advisor.

I understood and offered some various solutions but to no luck.So I thought, maybe I could instead simply be their investment advisor.