I am currently living at home with my parents in Troy actually and work in Farmington Hills.

V E R Y late in the process, there were all kinds of new demands, including $x thousand for a silent partner.We were within 4 weeks of the 180days closing and this T*R* was attempting to extort more cash or fail my 1031. 

If they are a south beach type contractor or a santa monica, Newport beach, Laguna beach, or south orange county type, Seattle (Cylde Hill, Kirkland, Bellevue, Sammamish) type of contractor then they're probably not the type of contractor for me since Im looking for  investor friendly pricing to keep my LTV under 70-75% of ARV- Can they send references to their work and past clients who could vouch for them + contact info?

I should point out that even though I live in New York, my brokerage firm Castle Hill Investments is still the most active duplex and fourplex broker in Austin.

It has bad curb appeal anyway, as the house is a fair amount below street level because it's on a hill.

Joint Venture Partners (for down payments, purchase price costs, rehab costs, holding costs, and other costs.)When talking to wealthy people that want to invest into real estate as a silent JV partner, where you the Real Estate Investor find the deal, negotiate the terms, fix for resale or long term hold, and when ultimately sold, splits profits (50 50 or some other terms), you want to keep it simple.My first JV deal was with a wealthy 60 something and I was 26. 

Wow - I live about 3 miles away (just on the other side of Ruby Hill Park) and walk Wash Park all the time.  

Parents still live there though I moved to PB, then downtown, then mission hills.

Just the other day I found a duplex in a very desireable neighborhood in Fountain Hills.

My family owns a cabin on Lake Wisconsin near Lodi, WI and it has an old block foundation wall sitting on sand on a hill.