We are looking to have a formal conversation with an acting real estate attorney so that we can ask our list of questions and gain some of their knowledge base.

I also check to see how many other properties this same landlord owns, so I can have a casual conversation "landlord-to-landlord" being careful not to say anything discriminatory of course.

Send me a private message if you can. 

I will try using the “connect” feature to get ahold of you privately.

I liked having spent hours research markets and neighborhood and government programs, so that I felt more educated to have a conversation with my realtor, rather than him just tell me his opinion. 

2- how is the private lender protected if the deal goes south? 

Did you use your own funds or private money up front and then one mortgage at the end?

They completed two Evap cooler/ furnace to gas pack conversions (2.5T ea) for me at $7000.

It seems that if I am interested in going at it as a private individual, I'd have to partner up, simply because I am not there to find and make deals.

It seems that if I am interested in going at it as a private individual, I'd have to partner up, simply because I am not there to find and make deals.