The documents an experienced attorney write up for you will include language that will protect you.

@Tina JenkinsI'm not as experienced as some, but I've learned a lot and am glad to help if I can.

My parents were still married, we lived in a suburban average neighborhood, and I don't have recollection of experiencing any significant family related struggle at this age.

How do you experienced investors recommend getting a property under contract with this issue? 

You will lose money on this (hopefully you have the minimal resources for it not to bankrupt you) and for the rest of your life you'll tell anyone who listens that real estate is just a bad, bad, bad investment strategy.You jumped into a very tight, very difficult, very high-risk niche specialty without studying it carefully, without having worked with a more experienced investor, without a network and a team in place, without giving yourself a real chance to go through the learning curve.

I haven't experienced anything of that sort.  

I am experiencing a drop off not only due to seasonal changes but also due to my market being flooded with new listings in the last year.

Based on opinions of more experienced RE investors, who were the top investment educators in 2018?

Hello, I am new to BP but an experienced investor with 8 rental properties in Las Vegas. 

In my experience, for a ground up, high risk deal like this it would be a waterfall like the following;-  8% preferred return for investor- return of investor capital- catch up contribution to sponsor to equal 8% of their investment- something like 30-70 split till 15% IRR- 50-50 after thatThere would be some 2-5% sponsor fees off the top.That is what you can get from an experienced sponsor with decades of success and billions in management   If you want some examples check out the PPM on CrowdStreet or RealCrowd to see real life examples.