Please, please, please check with someone other than strangers on the internet!

Friends will house friends as well as strangers in need of a roof and a bed.  

Hello BP Strangers & Those I Have Met:I am currently investigating investing as a hard money lender.I have been doing some research and I would very much like to meet someone here in Southeast Florida who would be willing to work with me as a mentor and to partner/JV with on some deals so I can learn the ropes.I will bring as much value to the relationship as I can.  

Not unless you know some charitable corporation that will let you buy their stock for 10% of the face amount and then let some stranger pay off the remaining 90% of its value over the next 30 years. :-) 

If you are going to try and do something about this as a person then you don't need a stranger's advice here and now, if not, no amount of prodding on our part will goad you to action.

@Tiffany Miller , if a stranger offered your grandma $94k as is, and put $60k into it (total $154k) and the ARV is $220k, then the fix/flipper would be buying/rehabbing for about 70% of ARV.....so, yes, your being able to buy it at $60k is a "screaming deal"...if the numbers hold up.Read up on the BRRRR strategy.

Be sure to make LLC and legal docs with a lawyer before doing business with family, everything must be in writing just like with a stranger to help ensure family harmony...Maybe you should rehab and flip the house and buy something more urban to rent that is more likely to cash flow? 

First of all, take the fact that the seller is a friend of mine out of it, I'm making the proposal as if we're strangers, and both parties are to benefit.  

I'm from NY, and in NYC it's no big deal to rent 1 bedroom in a 3-bedroom house or apartment and share the space with complete strangers.

Do not trust any stranger over the internet.