They’re requesting what feels like an unreasonable amount of information, and the demands keep escalating.So far, they’ve asked for:A video tour of my home officeCredit checks on me and my partnerCopies of the deeds for every property we ownA copy of my partner’s home lease and utility billsBusiness phone billsA signed letter from the bank verifying our accountsBank statementsHonestly, it feels more like qualifying for a loan than trying to become a customer.

Learning how to use the correct tools and materials for a job, YouTube videos and even ChatGPT will help you get through 80% of the problems you will run into.My rule was I would not mess with HVAC, plumbing and electrical Or if it would take more than a few hours. 

I recently watched a video on social media that mentioned the way he was buying properties and yielding the benefit of the sellers low interest rate is having the seller put the property in a trust and then purchasing the trust.

Happy to help, @JJL Garner.

so - call some lenders.hope that helps.

We are about to put in $15-$20k of our own money into it, beyond what insurance covered and I need help deciding how we should finance it. 

Hope this helps and hope things resolve soon!

After talking to another family member they said they would be willing to go in on the duplex and offered to pay the $40,000 down payment and help with any repairs but they want to be "partners" or "own" a percentage of the duplex.

I was listening to their videos. 

it is the most powerful way to get started in investing, period, full stop.hope this helps