You might put down 10-20%, which can be easier to manage compared to traditional financing.A motivated seller can be open to different terms, especially if the property has been sitting for a while, so just be creative and make sure the deal works for both sides.

I don't want to do a traditional cash out refinance because the house would no longer cash flow and I don't have the funds to buy him out straightforward.

But you don't have to pay the full 5.34% to a traditional agent.

Typically, you'll pay higher interest than traditional lenders.

In this scenario, they are investing in the auction and can take a share of the profits rather than operating as a traditional lender.

This would include money normally budgeted for a traditional loan payment + money simply not needed (positive cash-flow).  

Quote from @Andy Port: I'm currently looking to take some money out of traditional investments and begin investing directly into real estate as a passive investor on syndicated deals.The internet is pretty much copy-paste with advice on how to access real estate and defaults to saying "Just invest in a REIT - its the same" except you pay for the entire pool of existing properties (even if they have low yields in less opportunistic areas), the entire management team's multi-million dollar salary and their private jet, etc...

A streamlined process for cost segregation studies: AI is able to help streamline the cost segregation reclassifications by analyzing and identifying property components into their appropriate useful life more efficiently than traditional methods.The ability to identify eligible tax credits: AI is able to sort through and analyze a vast amount of tax laws and regulations in order to attempt to identify potential tax credits available to the real estate investor.

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