@Marc WinterI would say, I would kind of need to structure the deal is such a way, or atleast, considering my financial situation, it would make the most sense and have potentially less risk than using a HML, insofar as the concerns you mentioned can somehow be addressed within the contract.The house in question has an ARV around 225K, around 25K in repairs and I would offer to buy at no more than 140K.The 10K I have to work with would not cover the downpayment on a 140K loan at 10% with a HML, unless I structure the deal with partial seller carryback on a note for 50K payable after the sale is complete, in which case I would need a loan only of 90K which would leave me 1K to cover interest payments, assuming points are rolled into the loan and a bullet loan is not an option.She is my neighbor and I'm on very good terms with her.

This would also be 50/50 split of financial investment work and profit.

My goal with real estate investing is to ultimately be able to provide for my family financially and pass along ten or more rental properties to my son.

Money Mustache about becoming financially independent as an Airbnb host.

If the parents are financially irresponsible, there's almost zero chance you'll get any money out of the kids so it's a waste of time.

We are in a decent enough financial position so that we don't have to sell the house to put down a solid down payment for the next house.

Hello Westchester County, NY investors-I am looking for a mentor who is interested in exchanging expertise...Who I am:-Full time College Counselor for high school students- looking to get into real estate investing to (one day soon) be financially free-Wife of a medical student- we will be relocating based on his residency match next year. 

I'd get my financial house in order and save some money. 

Many times it is very difficult to evict tenants for issues other than financial non payment, especially if the tenants know the laws. 

The appraiser explained appraised values had declined and I would be given a "quick sale" number (which was still 2X what I had paid for the house a decade earlier).The same type of appraisal inflation occurred during the real estate bubble of the 2000s leading up to the Financial Crisis of 2008 (The appraisal bubble: In run up to real estate bust, lenders pushed appraisers to inflate values).