I suggest you enter private money goldmine in search botton at top right of the screen and read the previous posts....here is one that gives good perspective as well as a link to legitimate private lenders.http://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/92/topics/1488...

Your seller can complain years down the road that he was "tricked" and you will be thrown into a lawsuit and investigation.

Travel costs to look at other properties.If you travel but have not identified the property that you want to buy yet, the cost is considered an investigating cost.

While sophistication of your equity partners (private money lenders) will vary between residential and commercial, the principle of raising private capital is the same.You need to develop your own system which allows a constant stream of PML even when you don't need the funds and/or don't have an active deal under contract.For example; I raise private capital by offering free educational workshops for people with self-directed IRAs.

I had a long conversation with Equity Trust today, and I'm almost ready to move forward with them, but upon further investigation they seem to have some pretty negative reviews.

CHUNGFU CHEUNG) to a detective to investigate further. 

I'm looking to investigate this market a little further and wondering if anyone can help me out.

They lady started almost yelling "If you have your bank investigate we will send them the screen shots we sent you".

There are a lot of site-specific issues you need to investigate before deciding what the land is worth to you.

Don't want to be crime investigator here but confused with applicant 2.