Others contributed their ideas too.

Thanks for your contribution Chris.

Hello Jo-Ann, Peter, Arpen,I am definitely working on the knowledge part and appreciate the three of you contributing.

I am starting to receive interests from friends and family who wish to contribute capital to my potential deals.Can anyone tell me how I would structure the investment agreement?

I love contributing and helping out but I get frustrated when I cannot tell what the nature of the request is without opening the message because the subject line offers no clue as to what is needed.  

  $1,500 isn't going to repair a roof or even a number of major repairs that may happen within the next 5-15 years.I was thinking once I reach $10,000 in reserves for this property I can begin to think about contributing less, and I can merely build up the reserves at a quicker rate if maintenance or cap-ex start to significantly deplete the reserves.All opinions welcome.Thanks.

So if I categorize a IRA contribution was an "investment", it will seem like I expensed $5500.  

At least until I've learned more about the area and how it fits into my goals.It was a pleasure reading all of your posts and I thank you all for contributing to this discussion!

Or anything that you would contribute towards the purchase - good credit, partial down payment, etc. 

I was introduced to BP at a college alumni event (USC Trojan here) when the topic of real estate investing came up in a conversation.Look forward to becoming a contributing member to the BP community.