I hope their membership fees aren't too costly since I have to take my husband and I into consideration for it.

. -- means to engage in any of the following activities: (1) for consideration, providing any of the following services for another person: (i) selling, buying, exchanging, or leasing any real estate; (2) for consideration, assisting another person to locate or obtain for purchase or lease any residential real estate;The key here is for another person.

The idea of a Hard Money Lender is it takes into consideration the property and exit plan as a substitution for borrower credit.  

Some sprucing up with some paint, along with a very thorough dejunking and cleaning might be all that's needed to get a sale.Even if some major improvments would draw a higher sales price the cost of those improvements can easily exceed the added value. 

He is disabled, but does not draw social security.  

you can ie. tell the seller that's your fee, OR merely tell them that's ur construction draw on the house. 

If you were to market, I'd choose a peripheral market that will still have a tourism draw (Ocean City, Brigantine, Avalon, etc).

So the question is: I know either could technically lead to the bank calling the loan due - is either more likely than the other to draw attention to itself?  

But at any rate, can my assignment fee be construed as consideration for brokering a deal when in reality I'm assigning my equitable interests in the property?  

My agent will draw up the paperwork.