If you bring your friend in as a capital partner, earning interest, regardless of how the property or deal performs, I think you have the best chance of remaining friends.

Curious to know if there is a going rate or range to pay someone who brings me a lead on an apartment deal whereby the property is not under contract by this person and is not being wholesaled.Thank you for your assistance.

See who your dad has title coverage with and see what they will do as the costs should/could be less bringing title current to you.

If you bring a polite attitude and a spirit of refusing to accept no, I'd bet you'll have some success.

I'd like it to be reasonably close (I'll be living in Marin county).Considering my limited capital, I'll need to start in lower end areas, at least by Bay Area standards, but I'd rather not have to bring an armed escort.Some options I'm considering are:OaklandVallejoSanta RosaNapa/SonomaVallejo in particular looks interesting.

Bring multiple copies with you, and they should stamp one and give it back to you for your records.How long it takes for them to enter it into their system.. now that is another story.

I have a lender willing to do a blanket loan on an ARM that will payoff the seller and bring rate to 5 but the ARM is only 5 years.

Yes, yours will be deductible as well.You will fill out Form 6252 Installment Sale - www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f6252.pdf so be sure to bring a copy of the contract to your accountant/tax professional.

You could bring in a money partner to stabilize but getting something is better than losing it and getting nothing.You could also look at selling to a land holder or a developer for cash to tear it down and rebuild something better.You can also approach your bank and explain your repair situation and see if they will help with the repairs to protect from a default and huge loss.Some small banks will do this sometimes.To the big banks for the most part you are just a number and a loan that has to be worked through.A HML loan will eat you up and I don't recommend that.A regular lender will not touch a property like that.

If you get a 75% LTV on $64,500 you're probably bringing $10,000 to the table to close a refi.