If you do a TIC, be careful on all the partners since it's an arranged marriage. 

Things will change drastically in four years (marriage, children) and that money for you RE investment could get scooped up.  

My marriage counseling rate of $150 a hour is on the house for this one, no pun intended. :)

Your family friend is going to have to provide to you the Marriage Balance Statement which will show all liabilities and assets the couple own.How you'll be able to wholesale the pending divorce property will depend on the numbers..

Each partner has to bring something that the other partner doesn’t have for a successful marriage in our opinion.

Then rent to own for 12 mo to get into long term cap gains AND "dating before marriage" if the exit is me financing. 

Otherwise, it cost nothing because I filed an affidavit of exemption form along with the grant deed verifying that the property wasn't actually changing ownership, it was merely a "change of name due to marriage", which exempted it from the normal fee.It was really quite easy to do. 

Investment Info:

Single-family residence fix & flip investment.

Purchase price: $75,000

Zillow listing. Realtor was in talks with Seller about bringing me to home as an investor. Seller wanted home...

Investment Info:

Single-family residence fix & flip investment.

Purchase price: $75,000

Zillow listing. Seller wanted home gone it was causing marital strife; vacant and an expense. Realtor knew I ...

My fiancée and I are planning to move to Florida in Dec 2020, buy our first ever property, and we'll be getting married in Feb, 2021. The plan is to buy a fixer upper and house hack. The long term plan is to stay in F...