I really like the legal self help book from Nolo Press.

Barring a generous relative or acquaintance/friend, you are going to be very very hard pressed finding a hard money lender that will let you roll all those things into the loan to someone with only 1k in the bank.There are some lenders (recasa) that will roll it all into the loan so you literally go to the table with nothing.

The person making the offer would be hard pressed to get a counter and more likely a response several days later stating they rejected your offer.

I suggest you check out the books by Nolo Press.

In my town (as in most towns) there are depressed areas where people do live, but you would be hard-pressed to find any real estate investors at work in those areas, buying and flipping, etc. 

For someone without a lot of capital and for someone that hasn’t networked the way I should be I haven’t been able to press forward with anything. 

I lived in silicon valley and Austin before moving to KC earlier this year (so I have a high bar) but I've been impressed with the how intrigued KC folks are about startups.My coliving startup has gotten lots of support from the press and the local startup community - www.livehomeroom.comWhat type of start up are you looking to incubate btw? 

Seems like an efficient way to conduct direct mail but would prefer real world feedback as opposed Shark Baits Press releases/hype.Thank you!

I wouldn't do it, and as an atty I'd say you'd be hard pressed to find an atty to be the middleman as suggested by someone above.

LOLI think if investors were more careful, about obtaining other contracts, the timing of the transactions would be a hill to climb for any regulator to press this issue.I have a couple of friends at the FBI, I think I'll be picking their brain on the topic.