The second way good agents help is with negotiating.

@Richard Decoste See if seller is willing to seller finance and then negotiate the monthly payment that makes sense.

If you're talking about a hard money lender (who may prefer to be called private money lender), they will lend the money into the LLC once the deal has been reviewed and approved, taking a security interest in the property (mortgage or deed of trust), and most likely a personal guarantee from at least one partner in the LLC.if you're talking about actually taking on an investor partner in a deal, then they would be a member of the LLC and how the money comes into the partnership would be negotiated up front and dealt with in the partnership agreement.

It depends on the number of units involved.For larger multifamily properties you start with a letter of intent which will lead to negotiations over due diligence which will eventually lead to either a purchase agreement and/or binding escrow instructions.

You'll be wasting your time if you talk to people that don't have 30-40% equity; even if they're motivated, they can't negotiate below what they owe...Think about the wants & needs of the people on both sides of the equation and understand how you can put them together for profit!

Upcoming special assessments for a roof that needs to be replaced or other capital improvement can kill your deal and once you're in, you're stuck with the bill if you don't negotiate the seller to pay it.And last but not least, if the building/association drops to less than 70% owner occupied units, forget about getting a loan in the development until the percentage goes back over 70%, which can kill your exit strategy.I don't mean to rain on anyone's parade, just be careful out there!

Stelco steel left Hamilton a few years back and there were negotiations about building a professional football stadium for the Hamilton Tiger Cats.

If the seller is coming out ahead with his new buyer, you could make it clear that you are not going to go away easily and negotiate for him to pay you to go away.

I can also assist with negotiating into contract, inspections, financing, etc.

In terms of negotiation, @J Scott and others have written some pretty awesome posts about this subject [here] and in other forum posts.