For example, ceiling fans in the master bedroom and family room, improving the curb appeal and the front entrance area, fresh paint, etc.

Just get game good master policy and be ready to serve on the BOD.

I'll do a master lease for 7 years and pay you the market rent you are asking.

Just a clarification... you can "buy from the bank directly" only in an indirect sense, since the SC foreclosure process requires that the sale be conducted by the county Master in Equity (see http://www.sccourts.org/selfhelp/FAQMIE.pdf) and open to the public per SC code.

After working for over 35 years as a registered landscape architect/urban design in nationally recognized multi-displine firms, and master planning residential and mixed-use communities around the world, I decided now is the time to add Real Estate Services as an expertise to my portfolio of experiences.

Probably best not to be a Jack of All trades, but to master one, and he's well on his way.  

You could get the property under a master lease and then sell your interest in that lease.

We got started right out of my masters, still new in our careers at 23 and 25 by investing in personal property.

Better yet, look into master leases.

My friend @Brian Gibbons is the master of this universe.