I had a similar situation with a neighbor playing loud music till 2am every night until I had the cops pay him a visit.All the others inputs are solid ideas.

It's easy to make money until the music stops.

I'm having difficulty creating the hyper link, but Alyssa Strom (realtor) and Tim Swierczek (lender) have been instrumental in helping me get going.

A HELOC is a great short-term instrument.  

This has been instrumental in being able to do BRRRR deals.Also, you will find your team members over time. 

You probably signed a Personal Guarantee on your financing so your other REI and Financial instrument wealth is gone depending on your LTV %.   

Next, the putting together investors for funding" aspect is highly regulated by the SEC, that can easily be viewed as a security instrument and a violation of law.

From decimal fractions one book ran on onto logarithms, the use of mathematical instruments, operating the chain, circumferentor, surveying by intersections, changing the scale of maps, leveling, methods for mensuration of areas.

This means that your friend would seller-finance the property to you subject to the existing mortgage which would remain in his name and he'd continue to pay (often through escrow).Lots of caveats with wraps including the "due on sale" clause, so make sure you know what you're doing, but it is an option allowing you to get into the property and refi it based on appraisal (6 mo -1 year) or when the LTV reaches 70% or whatever banks are offering at that time.Even with a relatively small equity position, to be able to get into an investment property for closing costs, and if your friend would extend this instrument for 5-10+ years, it could be a really nice deal.Good luck!

They've picked up a lot of foreclosure plaintiff legal work here recently, in the ever fluid foreclosure mill musical chairs.