And these partners will have a lot more experience and connections when it comes to traditional/ hard money lenders.

If rehabbed the projected ARV is 145k.I haven't done this before, so I am wondering if I should pursue traditional seller financing where the deed will be transferred in the buyer's name or do a land contract where the deed stays in my name until they pay off the Note?

Purchase price: $55,000 Cash invested: $43,000 Traditional buy and hold that I scooped up back when you could buy a house in Fort Worth for $55k.

Purchase price: $55,000 Cash invested: $43,000 Traditional buy and hold that I scooped up back when you could buy a house in Fort Worth for $55k.

Swapped out "boob lights" in every room for ceiling fans.

I'm just a bit biased towards traditional buy and hold apts. 

Nicer counter-tops, cabinets, lights, fixtures, etc. . . 

I'm curious how others get past this hurdle considering many RE investors don't have traditional W2 jobs.

This shows the value of having title insurance, but as I also have posted in the past, unless you get a policy for the value of your purchase price plus the value of the improvements you plan on making, you'll be self insured for the latter if the fraud comes to light after you've started the rehab.Fraudsters target property owners in historic Black neighborhoods in South Florida (local10.com)

Just to be clear, the play here is to purchase a fixer upper for say $100k cash, put $20k into it, have it appraise for $150k, and then take out a traditional 80/20% loan.