Loose the 75k in reduction in purchase price, receive potentially an 75k credit & take out a construction loan for the work needed?

oh, since I'm feeling cynical today...How about you owning the note outright and the JV partner getting a return based on agreed performance and time bound success goals?

One of the tiles near the high traffic entrance of the bathroom is loose.

Pit bulls may be a restricted breed in the neighborhood - and even if they're not, it should be on record that they've already broken loose and attacked someone's dog.

As a passive investor you have to be aware that returns are not going to be as high as the last boom cycle.At my company, we remain disciplined in our approach to vetting deals.We’re not going to say “we have to do a deal this month” if there are no suitable deals out there.We’re not going to play fast and loose with metrics just to project a higher return... only to have the investor disappointed when that doesn’t play out.There are still deals to be made.

HiI have some money saved that I need to invest in real estate but I’m not sure where to start from because I’m scared to loosing my money.

You're bound to meet tons of people there who are starting/already have an RAL business. 

He later admitted this person was not a real person but was a composite loosely based on a couple of real people along with his own "creative" flourish. 

Which means the property value was almost immediately ellidable to loose the mortgage ins.  

Anyway, I think by contract, I'm bound to her on this house for a year but all she did was be there at one of the two showings that I did on the house.