.: Hi All,Is there any way to structure a private lending arrangement so that income is considered passive (by IRS standards) and can offset accumulated schedule E losses?

Quote from @Jay Hinrichs: Bruce there is also that famous case in San Fran  in the Seacliff area of 5 to 30 mil homes and someone bought their right of way on a small private street and were trying to block them off and then of course sell it back to these folks.

@Brian Rocha  Hi Brian---I just sent to you a private message.

You can also do this on a refinance.Else, you can find private money, take out a HELOC if you have a lot of equity, go hard money and then refinance after, or see if your preferred builder offers financing.

Eli,If I were you I would look into Subject Two, Land Contracts on Properties that are free and clear and Raising Private Money!

you refused to answer her and sent me a private message where you asked me to take down her posts. 

I included stats on percent unleveraged purchases and that many of those fairly low percent cash purchases in fact use unseen leverage HML, private lending, etc and some are short term cash holds such as a flip or a brrrr that gets financed not long after purchase.  

If the Warranty Deed has been properly recorded, the court deems that, as "constructive notice".

But maybe its worth it if you don't have a place to get hard/private money for deals. 

So she's just behind in her mortgage and probably has a notice of default or whatever the procedure is in Florida.Your ability to get a loan for the home has nothing to do with her payment history on the home.