I was wondering if I should use my own money or maybe use the rental equity instead... or there's even a better option.

This is a lot less money than if she were to sell to  a homeowner. 

Stock market....you can loose 25% or more of your money in one day.   

If you are planning on doing anything more than a cosmetic flip, buying a property that has already been gutted to the studs saves you time and money. 

Is anyone using Purchase Money Mortgage ILO Contract For Deed?

All you have to do is call, tell them you don't want to deal with court, and negotiate to refund some of the money to make them go away.

I wasn't able to have much success with the software for moving my deals, but they did make an exception and I was able to get my money back after a short time of trying to move a few deals.

Telling people it makes a lot of money doesn't mean anything to a real investor.

The idea that you can build wealth without putting any money into it is a recipe for disaster and the sales pitch of gurus trying to steal your money.

Since Terrance wasn't doing anything to get contractors to do the work and we were loosing money on it, we sold it for around the price Invictus purchased it for, which did not include the renovation money.