I have located a structurally solid duplex for $69,000 (asking price) in an area where rents for these individual units would go for $575.

How are you structuring your deals?

There are advantages in buying an investment in the same area with your current support structure in place.

They just want a paper trail to show repayment method.

If you want to become a landlord, do that, but do it methodically.

So we couldn’t refinance out existing properties to release equity from them to buy more properties.Since then we came across buying properties 25-35% below market value and structuring deals with none of our own money.

I know that the method involves the auction process...there is a free forum of people with testimonials about whether or not the method worked, etc.

Unfortunately that method will not help you understand if the investment is too much front loaded or back loaded in terms of when the cash flows come.

I am concentrating on the UK at the moment and wanted to chat with someone in the U.S. to see if I could use any of the methods and tips that you use there for sourcing and funding BMV properties, here in the UK.

Typically what kind of terms do the owners expect if they were to lend you a % of the building?

Ex. Lets say I find a 1,000,000 apartment building. Bank will loan 800k and I need 200k for the downpayment.

If the own...