My regular job provides good cash flow and allows me to save up about $5-10k/mo after maxing out 401k.

Posts like this provide a lot of motivation for other investors.

My question is how or what would a silent partner get from a deal like this, or what can I offer if they would provide 20% of the cost of the building only?

So that the BP community can find you more easily and learn more about you, I'd recommend filling out your profile. 

I'll keep all of that in mind as I continue my search and I appreciate your availability and willingness to provide your insight! 

So I have to transfer it to the savings account first, then wire it from the savings account.Your best bet to get a definitive answer is to call the bank that has your heloc and ask if they can provide cashiers checks and wire transfers from it or not.

Can anyone help me out and provide them to me?

We'll then write a promissory note for the amount, maybe attached by mortgage (if not, a lawyer said attaching a judgement lien upon default isn't too hard, provided no chapter 7 bankruptcy filing).Has anyone done this post closing?

Shouldn't we be able to protest that appraised value if we could provide photos and documents to support the home was worth around what we paid for it?

During the rental process, we independently keep track of: The leads who contact usNamePhone numberEmail address (if provided)How they contacted us (Zillow, Trulia, CL, Hotpads, etc.)Any other details we deem pertinent.It may be overkill, maybe it could help us prevent and/or investigate/report this kind of fraud if we need to.It sounds like we need to step up our game the next time we list these properties.