Buy it through a bank or private or hard money.

I sent you a invite to connect privately.

Im brand new to the forum and to real estate investing and have a question involving private lending.

I’m hoping to find Private Money Lenders at the meeting.

However, my client has a deal that I am helping him fund where he is offering 50% return on $1.5 Million over 2 years (Making 1.5 Million) and am not having a lot of interest to find one private lender.That said, I am thinking about trying to raise money from multiple investors to raise the 1.5 million and offering the same terms. 

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So, this might be a bit radical - and would definitely take some conversations with your wife - but here's what I would do:You mentioned friends and family in the area - I would stay with them on a month-to-month rental basis.

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Once the conversation starts, you will slow try to get a feel for the conversation and try to hint to him that maybe you are interested in starting your real estate career with your parents current rental and see if he would like to part with it. if he express some interest, then that is where the negotiation start, however if he doesn't express any interest in selling this house to you, ask if he has other properties that he wants to sell off.

"private entrance" vs. referring to it as its own unit) but if you can legally rent a room in your home (to a roommate), I see no reason you couldn't rent the whole floor.