@Jane A.Stock market is more like gambling on hoping that your stock improves in my opinion.

super exciting, congrats...watch out for remaining open and pulling permits..Duval, border counties, like never before are targeting dumpsters, we buy houses signs, dinging for anything, door permits, etc....I "think" its because of insurance companies, and past hurricanes, the county is hunting and penalizing hard like never before......aggressively  against investors..the city turns a blind eye to children not in school during the day, rather than enforcing, but is looking for rehab investors to penalize and enforce.....maybe thats where the $$ is..

This method  can be no better than gambling, no thanks.

@Henry DerI would sit down with a Canadian accountant who has cross border expertise to iron out the ownership structure before you start purchasing.From reading your above posts, I would see the U.S.A.

If you can’t see it - it’s a gamble plain and simple.

Heck, I live about 2 miles from the core of downtown Orlando and there are unincorporated neighborhoods bordering mine.

Bordering a personal threat for sure. 

Uganda, but I've lived overseas for almost 15 years and even my 100% legit money cannot just simply wired across borders. 

It is a gamble, especially if you are out of state.

These aren't issues that are specific to flipping and should be a primary focus for any real estate investment - The bottom line is that you made a profit despite the challenges you faced - and congratulations for that - but it seems to the bystander that you gambled with another investor's money while investing very little of your own - you put yourself in the position of a teacher or mentor when in fact you are not extremely experienced in the business of flipping - consider how you would feel if you lost a portion of your partner's investment....Today I am closing on the purchase of my 15th flip for the year, and I wouldn't dream of taking on an investment partner who wasn't equally experienced and had an equal say in the decision process.Good Luck with your future projects and Happy Investingjeff