I am looking for a non-commercial loan, with a lower interest rate, lower down payment percentage, etc. 

Hi SoCal investors;Does anybody have a ballpark percentage that you use on a regular basis when calculating your "fixed costs" (purchase costs, holding costs and selling costs) when you buy and sell your flip, here in Los Angeles?

How much percentage equity do you have (vs what percentage will they lend up to)?

You would only get a cash flow with a rather large percentage down.For my last purchase I used a real estate attorney and he created an LLC at the same time.

Most of the time they would be paid by a percentage of your assets under their management.

If it's a percentage of the deal, how much? 

Is there a more realistic percentage to look for?  

Ie. population growth rate, income to rent ratio, vacancy rates, etc.What ratios and percentages do you require in the above or any other demographics before concluding the market has potential?

I'm wondering if there is a way I could acquire a percentage of the property if I can help him turn the property around.

The managers and top producers didn't care about the borrowers or the company... the managers just wanted to generate fees and the top producers the same.I looked at their loans and just knew a large percentage of those loans would go bad and they were bad for the lender and the borrower.