The person leasing does not have to occupy the property but the lease has to  be executed - meaning signed by all parties and the security deposit already deposited into your account.  4.

It  will not accept money orders, with those, I deposit into my regular account and just transfer it over.  

They are interested in being equity partners as opposed to lenders, but would still require their investment be secured by the underlying properties.

If he was just a regular Joe looking for a place he would have likely said "I need to ship my car" instead of "I need to ship my BMW." 

A Geo political event can cause people to sell of their S&P  EFTs/mutal fund when no fundamental change to any of the underlying securities has taken place, yet their supply increases, thus decreasing the price, to reflect redemption. 

regarding a licenses, you dont need one to write an offer on your own behalf, you would need one if you did it for someone else. as for wholesaling, that "and or assigns" that is usually put in an offer to be wholesaled, pre crash, we saw it all the time, today, bank sellers will reject those, and any regular seller with knowledge, or getting legal advice will want it removed, its telling them they are leaving a considerable sum on the table.

When our regular flooring/tile guy was in a motorcycle accident and spent a month in a rehab facility, we visited him a few times and brought in foods he was craving.... hamburgers and pizza!

How do I secure this loan for this investor?

I wasn't able to secure the necessary funds in time to close but it got me started in real estate.

The security deposit was enough to cover the insurance deductible, though we chose to donate it to a trust set up for the tenant's young son.