Should her father purchase the house and materials, we do the work for free, and then split the profits(losses....

Even Donald Trump, with a starting grubstake of $58,000,000.00 and a billionaire father consignor ( of loans "only" up to $100,000,000.00), and working in his father's real estate business since the age of eleven (collecting the coins from the laundry rooms in his fathers apartment houses, where I first met him), saw the need for a quality education and attended and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Business with a Bachelor of Business degree with a major in Real Estate.So the point is that education and experience are the necessary ingredients for a successful career in real estate investing.  

My father will also be cosigning as well.  

I have not had to opportunity yet to invest in the area, however, I almost pulled the trigger on one deal with my father as a partner.

The only person I know and trust to do this is my father.

My father has been in the buying and selling real estate business for about 40 years and he has taught me a little bit.  

My father has been in the buy and sales of real estate business for about 40 years and he has taught me a little bit.  

My father was in real estate buys and sells for about 45 years and he has taught me a little bit.  

I work directly under my father who started our firm 35 years ago and they have somehow managed to survive multiple downturns as a small boutique firm.

I'm a newbie in real estate but have about 6 years in various feilds of construction and also have my father/partner who has 32 years in multiple areas of construction.