Universities are going to make money, your best bet is to play the game with them and sometimes you can't b/c they simply control the market too much.

The idea being I am more involved than a strict turn-key and am able to reap some equity from the start.

However, this has historically never worked out well.My husband and I used to be bleeding hearts for some of these types of "helpers", but after we discovered 1 living in one of our projects (explained why he was taking so long to finish), and 1 who hired his wife and her friend to be his grunts (not the best idea for manual labor), and 1 who brought his dogs (yes plural) to our flip project where everything was sparkly new...and then wasn't because dog slabber was the new finish....we decided that we needed to save our bleeding hearts for passion projects that didn't involve our RE business.  

Now if you’re looking at $100k they may not have anything for you but if you’re (or anyone) is looking to place $1m+ I can bet that most commercial developers will have a project for you to come in one.

I want to help him out and buy the property at the same time but not sure of a good way to do this without the wife's involvement.

@Anna Brent, You get a property under contract that currently is involved in a suit for back taxes. 

Fact is you should not be getting personally involved in your tenants lives. 

To many variables involved and without any guidance will cost you dearly. 

If it’s a “surprise to everyone involved” then yeah, I would ask for some kind of credit, but the seller isn’t going to give you money for a new roof.

I wanted to know how do you get involved in the HUD Home Investment Partnership Program.