Check out the Chicago Creative Investors Association run by Jane Garvey.

Some are very creative, but personally, i'd be very suspect to work with any brokerage or person stating with confidence that they have found a work around. in my opinion, unless you're licensed, you can't be sure.

So you need to make sure you incorporate those hard money costs into your purchase and rehab analysis.   

lol Creative, fun, and probably memorable to people.

If the deal doesn’t make sense with conventional lending options after the hard money for rehab, then I would recommend moving on to a different deal rather than trying to make it work with creative financing.

Hi mikebased on your experience in  investing in Colombia I have like a 100 questions.1, Should I buy it on my own name or should  I incorporate my self to get more tax benefits?

Sometimes we need to get creative with oil & gas investments, land conservation easements, or bonus depreciation.

He sees this, as with any market shift, in that main street is wanting in on commercial real estate deals, and there is more money chasing deals than good deals to be had.His take aways were in the creative structures:Sponsor offering a No Fee, No Carry, No Pref deal, 100% of cash flow goes to LPs, BUT GP gets a 6% stake in deal as an LP.Sponsor offering a no Pref deal, with a smaller carry, but comes in from day 1.And as @Roni Elias mentioned, there are a lot of options out there. 

I am currently rehabbing a property in Spring Lake that I obtained through foreclosure and has proven to me the powerful vehicles REO and wholesale properties can be if you are willing to put in the time to educate yourself, afford the rehab or find creative ways to finance the rehab, and assume some risk.Looking to start mutually beneficial relationships with those who can help me accomplish this.

I’ve got a couple of private investors in conversation to help me finance a property that’s appraised at 49k, offer sent in at 29,400 and needs about 10k-12k in repairs/updates. ARV around 65k. I’ve never used a priva...