These homes then became the targets of thieves and vandals lowering values to a fraction of their original worth.If homeowners have substantial equity in their homes they are not likely to default in a small downturn, at least not until the market falls below their equity.

What I did in that scenario was I took out the student loan, and used a fraction of the money that I would have used to pay for tuition to buy a couple notes.

If a cash call is ever needed on a syndication, and you don't have the funds,all that happens is your  % ownership in the deal drops by a fraction of a percent, generally.

TICs are another form of fractional real estate ownership that is actual real estate ownership but completely passive and provides monthly cash flow. 

I need a fraction of your courage. 

If you have to get great work done at a fraction of a price to make a project viable then likely the price is too high.More often there is a reason people are cheaper on estimates.

Tons of lots for sale in the development today at a fraction of what the nice people from all over the country paid for them from the developer. 

You and the investor can then separately decide how much of the note they want to buy at that yield (how many of the remaining payments) then just calculate what they would pay you for it to be a 12% yield to them.I think you already understand this, but just to be clear: there are "straight" partials (they buy the next X payments and after that the note reverts back to you for the remainder of the term) and there are "split" partials (they are buying a fraction of all the rest of the payments). 

In CA specific with the massive amount of population that has left LA and Bay AREA and has moved into these foothills locations that 50 years ago the population was a fraction.... 

You can make the apts small, finishes like tile, cabinets and counters are a fraction of the cost and that’s what separates luxury from affordable in my area.