They fall short of understanding what they're getting involved with.

Not sure if there are other ideas out there, but I suspect something creative involving the seller overseas will not be practical. 

There is no magic involved here.

However after my showing I think its a much bigger project than I anticipated and likely wouldn't qualify for traditional financing, so wanted to ask the community about how larger developers are turning these big old houses into multiple condos all over Boston.

We signed a 3 year lease, and, long story short, it was not good times for anyone involved.

These are stores that buy from multiple manufacturers and then sell to contractors more or less exclusively. 

Two of my properties hold approx. $75k each ($148k total) in equity. Both were purchased with a conventional mortgage (same lender) a little over two years ago and are privately-owned (no LLC).I'd like to leverage as ...

I find a lot of clients do not want their credit pulled multiple times by different lenders. 

@Jason DiClemente I love that you are involving your children in you investing!  

And another question - I am now in a multiple offer situation and put in an offer for $3K above the highest and best offer.