Your "partner" is the only one taking all the risk and fortunately for her, she knows it.If you want to be helpful, and this woman wants to earn interest from lending secured by real estate, introduce her to some of the larger hard money lenders in your area.

Fortunately there were a couple of warrants for his arrest.

Fortunately I was able to buy my first home when I was 21.

But if your fortune has you living under a bridge, no help for you!

I was fortunate to be part of an IPO, and I’m actively looking to buy in upstate New York (Greene and Ulster Counties) as soon as I find the right deal.

@Paul Vu unfortunately / fortunately the deal fell through or I should say I pulled out due to know foundation issues in the particular sub division I was going to buy in.

On many of these properties, we would stop by on Fridays (as that was payday) to collect the rent.I can't tell you how many times the door was answered by a mother with small children who said the husband went off drinking with his buddies and hasn't come home yet with the rent money.On many of those occasions, the mother and children didn't have any food and my parents would bring them something to eat.Is that the way to run a business, probably not.Is it a way to have compassion for those less fortunate than one's self, probably so.

It probably cost them a fortune in actual dollars, valuable time, and hard-earned experience.

I'm grateful and fortunate to share that I have not had any turnover, and I do raise the rents every year like clockwork. 

Fortunately, the mom and adult sister of the male adult occupant were wonderful people and contacted me regarding what I was up against.