IE motivate them for money. 

This is the scenario:I buy a fixer with some hard-money.

They could make more money working part-time at McDonald's.I think construction is one of the best opportunities if you can find the time.

Good morning Carl, @David Krulac is right on the money. 

For example, my appliance store gives me a 10% discount, so I charge a 5% markup to my owners to make a little money and the owner still saves 5% from retail. 

In those days it was possible to locate and tie up a “killer” deal, and close the transaction with absolutely zero of the investors own money.

And starting to get some money is better than no money right ? 

I do pretty decent for my age, and I live at home still, so I've been saving up a lot of money.

It is a complimentary strategy to pull some of your money back out and hedge your bet.

A couple months ago there was a guest on the BP money pod that said something I really liked, "put your risk in your ROTH" and by that he meant that if you're going to invest in something riskier that has the potential to have large returns, put that in your ROTH account because you're only taxed on what goes IN to your ROTH, not what comes out.