Seeking Advice on Connecting with Private Money Lenders or finding 50/50 money partners – Your Insights Welcome!

The most important thing to do is either you or your wife need to qualify as a real estate professional (IRS definition, no realtor license required).

We face a dilemma as we embark on this venture with a clear business perspective, committed to implementing best practices in property management from the start, including engaging professional property managers.

Your "opinion" doesn't help me defend MY professional appraiser opinion about the value of your property, but if you provide me data I'm not aware of, or haven't thought about, etc, maybe I can justify a different conclusion.Here's a thread where I posted a more detailed answer to what to do if comps are lacking.

Do not try to qualify as a real estate professional with a w2.

This would essentially be a private/hard money which is often as strong as a cash offer.

How would a professional business handle this?

While I work towards becoming a professional engineer and working with developers, my goal is to own a couple multi-unit properties by the time I’m 30.

For private lending, there are people here on BP and on other sites/forums.

We also looking for highly skilled professionals to add to our team.