There are a many BPers conducting live or face-to-face meetups.

If the business has not been re-imaged in awhile you could face a very large crunch to cash flow as the landlord rents increase every year or so and a massive re-imaging takes place.

My brother and his wife need additional income and I believe lease options would be a great way for them to make some much needed money to assist with huge medical bills they are facing.

One of the greatest challenges I face is not having any geographical knowledge of where the best markets are.

I would trust someone going to grad school who has been out working first with pets but the average undergrad can barely manage their own life. 

I largely just want to avoid the logistical headache of operating a second LLC and I really don't want to face double taxation.

You get bare legal title at a foreclosure sale... 

After all, my business, my investments and my future were dependent upon these individuals so I wanted to put faces to names, and see if they passed the litmus test.I found my entire team via local REI Clubs.

@Pete Sailhamer are you saying:1. using an LLC, use 20% of your own equity to2. buy the properties at a 20%+ discount (aka "distressed value) and 3. finance 80% LTV using a private money / hard money lender and then4. cash-out refinance the properties to pull out entire initial equityI'm facing a simiailr scenario and would love to learn the best way to pull off a deal like this when there are several cash-flowing properties for sale (with equity).** I should mention my long-term goal is to build a portfolio of properties (~5) to obtain a portfolio loan DP's on 1-3 apartment buildings.

I flipped one at 41st and Illinois last year and made $27k. 3 blocks south and the houses are barely worth $27k.