I started off in 2009 spending 3K on 5 liens and I got burned on two of them and lost most of my money.

It would be considered a seller carry back.The buyer would have to come in with some down payment money, you create a note, and the buyer would have to secure bank financing.My good friend Bill Ham wrote a book called Creative Cache.

I sent her money up front in good faith to get work started.

But if they don't then the only real loss is the property (and any money invested). 

I do have a Commercial Fix and Flip Program that will provide cash for the acquisition and to Rehab the property.Once it's stabilize we can secure Permanent Financing and take out the bridge loan.Multifamily has, by far, the most interest in CRE Financing world, if it's a good enough deal we can get you the financing but I refuse to make bogus promises about what is and is not possible.If you DO NOT have the cash to put down on the property there a few creative financing avenues which may be possible if you have a motivated seller that is willing to work with you on terms.The 68% occupied property would be most fit for creative financing because there is clearly something going on there with the current owner.You can look at a master lease with an option to buy or doing a wrap combined with a seller second... the only thing is that the seller is highly unlikely to accept those scenarios.Now... there is one "highly unlikely to happen" scenario where you could technically get 100% financing but, again, the seller would have to be out of his mind to say yes.It entails a Hard Money FIRST MORTGAGE of less than 50% of the "Quick Sale" value as determine by a BPO... this would serve as your down payment.

So I'd really like to hear if some members here have tried the course and made some money.

Cost Savings:By acting as your own general contractor, you can potentially save money by avoiding the markup that professional GCs add to subcontractor fees and materials costs.2.

The pros: - not having to do a major renovation from out of state- easier to get a conventional loan since the house is livable vs. a distressed property (would need to pay cash, do a hard money loan, some other type of financing)- can get a tenant in quicklyThe cons: - you don't know how good the renovation is, could be cosmetic without addressing underlying safety issues (plumbing, electrical, foundation, etc). - a home can pass an inspection but once someone is living in it and putting daily stress on the house (turning faucets on, light switches, turning on heat/AC etc), things can start to malfunction.

I have found time is better spent building tools to quickly analyze & procure new deals, rather than hyper-analyzing the metrics of one deal, ultimately making initial review faster & more reliable (spend time on the things that make sense, quickly remove things that don't, even junior-level staff can identify good opportunities with the tools, etc).For example, if I'm modeling a SFR to 3-4 unit scheme, I can quickly check the $/sf/mo for each of my proposed units and get a good idea of the GOI without having to manually dig through &  find rent comps in that City/Zip:- So instantly I know in Woodland Hills that a Studio is close to $5/sf/mo on avg, 1 Bedroom closer to $4/sf/mo, with the 2 & 3 Bedrooms closer to $3/sf/mo.

I have zero interest putting money to work in the suburbs.