With about $350k in liquid, I am presuming my mother would be an excellent candidate for a mortgage (or HELOC at bare minimum) due to her having zero debts, owning her home outright, and having a well paying W2 job.So an equity partnership - based on initial investment/down payment would mean ownership would look like:57% My mother ($200k)28.5% Myself ($100k)14.5% My boyfriend ($50k)Again, I'm trying to mix two objectives; First is monthly cash-flow for my mom.

As far as finding a multi-family duplex where would you say is the best place to look as far as apps and or websites Etc @Randy Ray I would have an agent set you up with a mls search once you have defined your criteria  (where you want to live, unit mix, amenities) and have them do the work.

The owner has one unit for this gc/landscaping business office and the other units are rented out.Then there is mixed use. 

Define the above to help you and your realtor narrow your focus.Don't recommend you approach this from a purely financial Target standpoint and end up with a mixed bag of investments, unless that is part of your investment strategy.

Purchase price: $700,000 Cash invested: $120,000 Mixed Used property.in ocean hill in Brooklyn NY.3 residential and one store.

Have received some mixed answers on this one.

@Travis JohnsonThere are a mix of private lenders and hard money lenders, who can fund based on experience, property value, amount of down payment among other factors.Once you start building with the first property, then relationship and success bring in more funding for you.You can use funds for flips and for rentals towards renovations.

We are thinking of managing everything within the LLC without mixing with our personal finance.

Hello everyone,I am looking for some opinions and advice on a deal I'm looking at. In short it is a value a 100+ unit mobile home park currently grossing $21k per month. The owner is asking $1.2m and willing to carry ...

@Ben Grubbleverage is in fact a very powerful tool to be able to use within a self-directed IRA.What you describe is not possible however, as it seems you want to mix SDIRA funds along with personal funds to make a larger down payment.