I had a private money loan for 50k and was going to take a HELOC on my half for the reno)I've been racking my brain all day thinking "How can I make the numbers work?" 

Would it be faster to get a heloc?

Purchase Price: $280,000 w/ 25% downRemodeling: $15,000Mortgage note: $210,000 @ 5.25% (conventional) w/ a PITI of $1,500(Creative financing for down payment. took out a Home Equity Line of Credit, HELOC, on my first single family to use for the down payment w/ a repay of 1% of the balance owing.

I'm pretty new to real estate finance so I'm not sure if any of this info is relevant, but I figured I would throw that out there.If the proper route is a HELOC or construction loan, do you think it would be better to do that under my grandma's name (before she transfers ownership) or under my parent's name (after)?

We actually used the money to pay off what was left on our primary residence then immediately pulled a very large HELOC on it to simplify our borrowing process on cash purchases.

Instead of using hard money for the whole deal, I am trying to finance just the purchase price with a conventional loan and using a HELOC on my primary residence to finance the first floor renovations to avoid the high interest rates with private money. 

I know about getting a HELOC, mortgage, cash our refi, portfolio loans etc but what about personal loans through Lightstream & SoFi? 

We took a HELOC on our primary and borrowed private money to make a cash purchase then immediated pulled a HELOC on tis place to return the borrowed private money and saved a gob in interest.

A few months goes by quick.If you really want to, get a HELOC on the property.

We paid cash from our saving and HELOC on our primary How did you add value to the deal?