The funny part of the story is they hired a private eye and got the police looking for the bookkeeper, who was there when I installed the software so I know him by sight.

That low down-payment and rate is too enticing for us to simply start looking for private/hard money if there's another option out there. 

I have not closed a deal yet but I'm filling my pipeline and have potential leads that we should close on in the coming weeks.Due to my job I am able to spend around 2 hours a day making calls.

Our next purchase, a SFH, was a foreclosure we purchased on Auction.com using just a bit of our own capital with private money covering the remainder.

Send me a private message, in that case. 

My goal is to quit my day job so that I can home school my kids and spend more time with them. 

This process has allowed me the opportunity to learn how to make financial, marketing, and staffing decisions with someone else's investment (we're privately owned).

The stats are: -5 stories totaling 20,000 square feet above ground, plus a full basement which is partial commercial space and partial tenant storage/utilities-First floor commercial space is around 2300 square feet with an additional 1500 in the basement, 12' ceilings in the first floor-14 residential units above, most have private balconies or decks, elevator, bike storage, mail room.

I'm blessed to work from home with my current job and that has allowed me to spend more time with my family, but it'd be fun to not worry about our finances as much and be able to take more trips and vacations.

Our family has been renting a single-family home (see description/additional background below) for the last 2 years and are considering buying the property from the landlord via private sale.