With that being said I am trying to structure and build my Power Team of good, quality, and ethical team members to work with.

With that being said I am trying to structure and build my Power Team of good, quality, and ethical team members to work with.

I'm looking for advice on how to best structure the legal side of things - should the money guys simply be hard money lenders to the guy with the home under contract?

I purchase raw land as a hobby/investment - typically city lots with no structures.3.

Would love additional views on how best to structure my small portfolio in order to be best positioned for a downturn that will surely come.

Now I know it can be structured any which way but I'd like to hear how you are structuring it into your buisness NOW in comparison to when you first started.Like do's and dont's if you will.What are your typical terms when discussing with them?

How you structure the deal can affect your capital gains and depreciation costs.

I've now been approached by investors through my personal network, and I can see the opportunity associated with taking on investor capital; however, what is the best way and structure to take on the additional capital? 

Possible discussion topics:-Lending/Financing-Legal Structuring-Macro Portfolio building-Local Investing/Out of State Turn Key productsThere are books and a plethora of blogs/forum on the Micro aspects of Real Estate however these Macro topics are better to discuss in person.

Essentially, I've been pre-approved by several lenders until they find out one thing, then the $200k I was pre-approved for drops to $60k.I work for Enterprise and my pay structure is that I'm guaranteed 48 hrs per week and make at least $39,000/yr. this is where I've gotten the $200k pre-approvals.However, it's broken down on my paystub as 40 hrs of normal work and 8 hrs of overtime each week.