@Eric Michaels @Harjeet Bhatti @Jon Schoeller Thank you so much for the information and for taking the time to contribute!

Full disclosure, I have not got into MF yet, so I could be talking completely out my butt, but unless there is reason to believe that the area will draw some significant appreciation, $300/ month seems like a really tight margin unless you are contributing, but that is just me thinking that I would want to see at least $150-$200/ unit. 

I'm looking to learn from everyone here and reach a point where I too can contribute to this community with insight and any help or advice I can offer. 

Thank you again for contributing your knowledge.

If you look at the amortization schedule, it is common that the equity build contributes a larger portion of the total return than the COC.

My team and I are just getting our flipping business started (1st house in rehab stage now) and an investor has offered us $30k for 25% of future profits (after this house). In our price range, 30k would cover about h...

But you have a business to run, your contributions to society should be completely separate.

@Russell Brazil I really enjoy your contributions to BP.

Am I also correct in thinking that said 'loan' could be on ANY piece of property that the non-contributing partner has an interest in - meaning own in their own name, and LLC they own, etc....?

In addition, if you are self-employed with no full-time employees you may wish to consider opening a Solo 401k instead of a self-directed IRA as it has several advantages over an IRA LLC such as much higher contribution limits, direct checkbook control (i.e. no need to have the account at a speciality trust company), ability to take a 401k loan, exclusion from unrelated debt finance income tax with respect to investment in real estate acquired with non-recourse financing, etc.